“The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club?” WritingHardSittingRoseClubsAssInterviewsChairsPencilsSomething BetterSharpeningTrimming Author:Jerry Pournelle
“Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done.” WritingDoneExistenceNovelWrittenAssChairs Book:Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months Source: Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months
“Writing is hard work, and fun, and requires you to keep your backside in a chair when you would sometimes like to put it elsewhere. So the only wisdom is the advice to keep at it, I guess.” WritingSometimesHardFunAdviceHard WorkChairsElsewhereBacksides Author:Lois Lowry
“If you told me to write a love song tonight, I'd have a lot of trouble. But if you tell me to write a love song about a girl with a red dress who goes into a bar and is on her fifth martini and is falling off her chair, that's a lot easier, and it makes me free to say anything I want.” IfsWantWritingSongFallGirlTroubleEasierRedDressesBarsChairsTonightSay AnythingFifthMartiniFalling Off Author:Stephen Sondheim
“For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.” InspirationalWritingMeanMovingPeriodsChairs Author:Peter McWilliams
“I enjoy the process of writing. The torment comes in getting my bottom on the chair and in front of the typewriter.” WritingProcessEnjoyFrontsBottomChairsTormentTypewriters Author:Caryl Rivers