Quotes About Author

I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

Nabokov began writing 'Lolita' before he ever knew of Florence 'Sally' Horner, an 11-year-old who was kidnapped from Camden, New Jersey, in the summer of 1948.

I had definitely missed the literary development game with Paper Lantern Lit, and writing exclusively wasn't giving me complete fulfillment.

The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it.

People would say, Can we develop a sitcom around you? and I would say, Not interested. I'm very happy doing standup and writing and taking my kids to school.

The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.

The core of my writing is not art but truth.

Every time I lock my people in a spacecraft or land them on an asteroid, the blood wells up again, and I'm writing horror. Horror's my default setting. It's also where I prefer to write.

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time.

The writing process isn't something I'm in love with. I'm an illustrator who writes.

I intentionally approached each story in 'Killing and Dying' in a different way, and that includes the writing process.

Early on in the writing process, there is sometimes this temptation to write around the central drama instead of just aiming for the bull's-eye. The bullseye is harder to hit, of course, but it's so much more satisfying when you do.

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

Music is an important part of my writing process.

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

I like the story writing process. I usually use someone who has been trained for structure to take the story that I actually want, place those elements in the right places.

I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer.

The pleasure for me is in the writing process, which has its own challenges.

I loved the writing process. I would love to write more. And I'd like to do a roundtable, like 'The View' or 'The Talk' - something related to social issues and things that are current.

My writing process isn't a very organized thing.

When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to get through all the drafts. The book is done when I am exhausted.

Music helps me immeasurably in the writing process.