“I rewrite a great deal. I'm always fiddling, always changing something. I'll write a few words - then I'll change them. I add. I subtract. I work and fiddle and keep working and fiddling, and I only stop at the deadline.” WritingDealsAddDeadlineFew WordsFiddle Author:Ellen Goodman
“We all have time to write. We have time to write the minute we are willing to write badly, to chase a dead end, to scribble a few words, to write for the hell of it instead of for the perfect and polished result.” WritingEndsTimePerfectResultsHellMinutesWillingPolishedFew WordsDead EndsScribbles Book:The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life Source: The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
“You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.” KnowsWritingSaidTimeMathematicsMathSatisfiedMathematicalProgrammingLengthStatisticsMore TimeFew Words Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss