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I have to be by myself when I write, and I never know how long it will take. It is like making butter. Sometimes it will come in a few minutes, and sometimes I have to churn away for hours.

Annie Fellows Johnston
Writing, Long, Sometimes
Annie Fellows Johnston (1901). “The Little Colonel's House Party”, p.183, Pelican Publishing
I have to be by myself when I write, and I never know how long it will take. It is like making butter. Sometimes it will come in a few minutes, and sometimes I have to churn away for hours.