Susan Sontag Quotes

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

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

I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to my desk.

I write every day.

I write all the time, whether I feel like it or not. I never get inspired unless I'm already writing.

Every day I write. I am not waiting for a great idea from heaven.

I just write from dawn to dusk.

I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing I'm in the middle of, I do that, but when I'm not, time can go by when I'm not writing at all.

You won't make a living writing until you learn to write when you don't want to.

Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.

I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.

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

I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.

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'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm disciplined, that I work my butt off, and that I make myself write as much as I can. Writer's block is a luxury I can't afford. I'm a professional writer, which means that I put my butt in the chair each day, and I write. Simple as that.

Writing every day is a way of keeping the engine running, and then something good may come out of it.

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.

As a writer, I've always been somebody who's been productive and hustled hard.

I write every day... I never get ideas unless I'm actually writing. Ideas I get in the shower don't do me any good.

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

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

People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven days a week.

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.