Writing is long periods of thinking and short periods of writing.
Ernest Hemingway

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and feel in the best and simplest way.
Ernest Hemingway

There’s a difference between getting money for what you do and doing it for money. If you don’t do it for love, or because you think it needs doing, get out and let somebody else do it. If nobody else does it, maybe that means it shouldn’t be done.
Emma Bull

This writing business. Pencils and what not. Overrated if you ask me.
Eeyore 

The living language is like a cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay.
E.B. White

The best writing is rewriting.
E.B. White

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
E. L. Doctorow

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
E. L. Doctorow

I’m usually not inspired as much as driven to write. It’s something I feel compelled to do.
Dotti Enderle

You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.
Donna Jo Napoli