Ray Bradbury Quotes

Write a little every day, without hope, without despair.

For me, the process always has to be pretty intense. I could never write just two or three days a week. It had to be every day.

Write a little bit every day, each day. Visit it, every day - in other words, show up for work.

You have to write every day, and you have to write whether you feel like it or not.

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not.

Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give the Muse a chance to get to know you.

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.

Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty.

I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.

I don't wait for inspiration. I get up and write every day.

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.

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

Keeping a habit, in the smallest way, protects and strengthens it. I write every day, even if it's just a sentence, to keep my habit of daily writing strong.

I've been writing every day of my life for 65 years.

People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing. I inevitably disappoint them by saying you just put your butt in the chair, and you write 500 words a day, and then you get up and repeat it the next morning.

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.

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.

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.

My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore.

I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.

I write every day.

Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.

I make sure to write every day, even if it's a little bit.

My advice to young writers would be to write every day, even if it is only a few words. Get yourself on the habit of writing and it will become a lifelong one. And find a place to write where you are physically comfortable. You can't concentrate if you aren't. Ernest Hemingway could only write standing up, and Truman Capote could only write lying down!

Read like a wolf eats and write every day. Every. Single. Day.