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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.

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I write very slowly.

— Carla Bley

If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'

— Mal Peet

I write in the most distressingly slow way in terms of punctuation and grammar.

— Maurice Saatchi

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.

— John Irving

I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.

— Jay Griffiths

No one writes as slowly as I do, I'm convinced. It's so hard for me. I learn slowly; I make decisions at a snail's pace.

— Virginia Euwer Wolff

It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.

— Earl Sweatshirt

✗Opposing Perspectives

I write fast, I write beautifully, I write convincingly.

— James Toback

As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.

— Helen Hunt Jackson

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing.

— Alice Hoffman