Quotes About Author

I'm turning into one of those people who writes to the actors on 'Coronation Street' - a really obsessive fan.

My daughter writes and is the editor of her school magazine.

I don't think of myself as a guy who writes for kids, I really don't. I try really hard to write a good, solid sitcom.

I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

Writing is such a 'pretend' profession. Nobody is counting on you at all. You can't 'pretend' to be a lawyer or a teacher. It takes a lot of grit to continue.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.

Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story.

If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip.

Writing a memoir begins a process that doesn't necessarily end with publication. You begin to think about family life and stories and relationships, and those are ongoing.

There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some of the things they themselves are going through. But I don't usually have much help to give - there isn't much you can say to someone in the midst of their own crises.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.

I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.

Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people.

I'd like to take a course in writing. I'm not the best writer in the world. I'd like to write more neatly, even though people don't send many handwritten letters these days.

I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.