Charles Bock Quotes

I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published.

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.

It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing.

Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.

And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing.

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

I write every day.

And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.

I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.

I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.

Read as much as possible, especially the work of writers who most deeply affect you. Make those writers your family. Never wait for inspiration to strike before getting to work; be disciplined and form the habit of writing every day.

I just write from dawn to dusk.

I really try to write every day. It's hard, but it's my favorite thing to do, so it's usually not too, too hard.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

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 day.

How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'

I would be miserable if I went to bed without having written 1,000 words about something.

I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking.

Aim to write for an hour per day. I used to be a teacher, and an hour a day before school was all it took for me to write my first book. Don't get discouraged if a holiday or illness interrupts your writing habit. Just start it up again.

The only strategy I know of is to write every day, which I don't always do, because sometimes I just can't, for various reasons that seem out of my control.

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.