Isaac Asimov Quotes

He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was focused: it meant something was happening.

At night I can write for hours.

The process of writing has always started for me when I put myself in a place where no one distracts me.

I write all the time and I try to think of ideas all the time.

I don't want to blame anybody, but I just want to tell you that the process of writing is antisocial, so on the days that you have something really important to write, go from lying down directly to your notepad or your computer. Do not talk.

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

I make time to write.

I write every day. Most weekdays, I write about ten hours a day. That doesn't mean eight hours of surfing the Net or watching videos on YouTube. I park my butt in a chair and write... I learned that writer's block is a myth created by people who don't have, or understand, a writing process.

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

I do a lot of writing on planes, actually. It's my time that I can just relax and have absolutely no distractions.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

The way you get better is putting words on the page and getting them behind you.

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I write first drafts with a mechanical pencil and a yellow legal pad. There's good reason for this primitive behavior: I am a crackerjack typist. My hand moves far more quickly than my brain.

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

I am always trying to write.

Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix.

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a roll, but I don't. I figure that if I'm on a roll, it's partially because I know I'm about to stop.

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.