"Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres."

Process, Writing, Preparation, Creativity, Planning

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"He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things."

Margery Allingham, English Writer

Process, Intuition, Quiet

"But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

Process, Enjoyment, Feeling

"The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Process, First, Importance, Value, Writer

"I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry."

John Fowles, English Novelist

Process, Creativity, Discovery, Freedom

"There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Process, Writing, Mystery, Creativity, Art

"As always, the blessed relief of starting, a feeling that was like falling into a hole filled with bright light.As always, the glum knowledge that he would not write as well as he wanted to write. As always the terror of not being able to finish, of accelerating into a brick wall. As always, the marvelous joyful nervy feeling of journey begun."

Stephen King, American Author

Process, Creativity, Fear, Truth, Wisdom

"Now the writing in the head, I definitely do every day, thinking about how I want to phrase something or how I'd like to rephrase something I've already written."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Process, Day, Now, Thinking, Want

"The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Process, Practice, Steps, Forgiveness, Excuse

"Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive steps, mysterious even to himself, should enter so swiftly into the work that he is unable to recognize them in the moment of transition."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Process, Artist, Insight, Consciousness, Work

"You do everything by the book, like everybody else, you get the same results s everybody else."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Process, Routine, Conformity, Efficiency

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"Most of us, at some time or other, get sucked into the lifeless vacuum of work; the cogs of the corporate machine that we keep turning until one day, when we depart this Earth, we may earn the word 'lubricant' on our headstone."

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"There comes a time in one's life, perhaps in middle age, when we stop and assess who we are, and the life we have."

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"He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things."

"But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes."

"The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written."

"I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry."

"There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are."

"Now the writing in the head, I definitely do every day, thinking about how I want to phrase something or how I'd like to rephrase something I've already written."

"The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone."

"You do everything by the book, like everybody else, you get the same results s everybody else."

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"Life in the wild, as I'm observing, is about survival as much as pleasure."

"Old buildings whisper to us in the creaking of floorboards and rattling of windowpanes."

"Most of us, at some time or other, get sucked into the lifeless vacuum of work; the cogs of the corporate machine that we keep turning until one day, when we depart this Earth, we may earn the word 'lubricant' on our headstone."

"Disconnect from society's pressure to conform. Do things your own way."

"Water is intrinsically linked to the mystery and excitement of discovering new worlds."

"Time alone helps us to remember who we are."

"A traditionalist's values are gleaned from all that is good in the past."

"It is the quietening of the day that most appeals."

"Being gentle doesn't stop us fighting for our dreams."

"There comes a time in one's life, perhaps in middle age, when we stop and assess who we are, and the life we have."