About Quote by William Cobbett

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

— William Cobbett

Nowadays it seems as though people sit down to write what they know is going to be a trilogy.

— Lois Lowry

You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're doing it all by yourself. Obviously, there's something…

— John Zorn

Every time I sit down to write, I need to commit to a word count goal, otherwise I waste too much time editing and…

— Liane Moriarty

I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad.

— Lorrie Moore

My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and…

— Tracy Chevalier

My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down the lyrics…

— Bonnie Tyler

I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.

— James Salter

“Sit here, so I may write you into a poem and make you eternal.”

— Kamand Kojouri

I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That…

— Simon Winchester

If I could get someone like John Grisham or someone like that to sit down and write a book with me, I'd love that.

— Keith Jackson

When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can write, or what is…

— Matthew Quick