Chapters Quote by Umberto Eco

You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.

— Sandra Brown

Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.

— Francoise Sagan

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

— Meg Cabot

Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.

— Nancy Mairs

Writing is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach for the…

— Howard Nemerov

Writing is like building a bridge while you're on it. If you step forward you fall off and there's nothing in front of you.

— Jason Schwartzman

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised.

— Nikki Grimes

Writing can wreck your body. You sit there on the chair hour after hour and sweat your guts out to get a few words.

— Norman Mailer

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

— Bill Simmons

“Writing is a physical art. And writing a book is a lot more like making a complex sculpture out of bronze than writing a…

— Heather Sellers

But with writing, all you need is a pad of paper.

— Scott Caan

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing is writing.…

— E. L. Doctorow