Quotes About Process

Like most writers I spend a lot of my time sort of thinking, "It's such agony, I can't do it."

I think the trick of being a writer is to basically put your cards out there all the time and be willing to be as in the dark about what happens next as your reader would be at that time.

I would like people to understand the rationale for my embryonic stem cell research decision and how the process became distorted over time.

I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make.

Keep in mind that we're always up to other things, so we tend to sit on things from time to time. In an uninterrupted world, I think we could have each of the tales finished, soup to nuts, in a week.

I couldn't say there is a formula to songwriting. Each time is a unique experience.

I don't want to make a habit of just playing small roles, because I really enjoy the process of being part of a film and staying on it for the length of time that everybody else is as well.

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head. I usually start writing a new book around January, and it's due October 1.

In the hardware world, you've got to take your time because your iteration cycles are much more deliberate.

There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good.

Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.

Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has been written and you haven't had time to know how much better it ought to be.

I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I'm envious.

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next.

Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right. (about the next step in her music career)

Arranging is sort of the most exciting part of making music right now for me. I really enjoy the process of arranging because you're given all the time that you need to decide on every single note.

Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.

I don't know how I absorb things, but I do. I just absorb them. I don't over read the script, and I don't really ever spend much time learning it.

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together.

If we do not set the time limits, we can get caught up in the process and never achieve the goal

I never think that I am the one who must see to it that cherries grow on stalks