Anything Quote by W. S. Merwin

Writing is a business and should be practiced as such. On days when you think you can’t possibly write a line you do it…

— Anonymous

Write something every single day, even if it's just three lines. And it doesn't matter if it's any good - just write something every…

— David Mitchell

He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If you give a writer a line, they'll take a paragraph…”

— Suzanne McKenna Link

“The greatest thing about being a writer is the fact you never have to learn lines - you get to write them! ”

— Neill Bartlett

I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even.

— Robert B. Parker

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.

— Herman Wouk

Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.

— Michael Connelly

If I write something down, it's normally just a sharp one-liner.

— Courtney Barnett

I might write four lines or I might write twenty. I subtract and I add until I really hit something I want to do.…

— Grace Paley

“If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a…

— Baby Halder

“Cut everything superfluous,' Pound had said. 'Go in fear of abstractions. Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself.”

— Paula McLain