By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious.
I think there is a great deal to the idea of not doing a thing, but that when you do a thing, you don't do it in five minutes or in five hours, but in five years.
I am kind of being a little selective in what I do, so it takes a little bit longer, but it's worth it in the end.
It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write.
There are no shortcuts and no sweatless quickies.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
The best fire doesna flare up the soonest.
A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.
For as privileged an actor as I have been, TV as a standard is short shrift. They have to do it so quickly that they don't stop and take a look. They just shoot. So that's one of the reasons I typically stay away from it. I think art is an act of consideration, and if you're not considering, I don't think you're really doing mankind a favor.
Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure to write faster than was comfortable for them or the story.
I've tried writing on a computer thinking it would make me more efficient, but if you're writing crummy stuff, being efficient is no help.
I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.
It's more important to get the right writer and the right take than it is to do something in a particular timeframe.
I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.
