Quotes About Writing

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.

I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.

'One Minus One' and 'Barcelona, 1975' are more or less autobiographical.

I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing.

I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.

I write for three or four hours and then hopefully I'll have something. Then I draw for the rest of the afternoon... I literally block out Wednesday-Thursday-Friday - I more or less disappear.

'Homeland' really is one of those shows where they start to write more or less depending on what's kind of going on in a relationship between characters.

I don't write with a scheme or a plan. I write word to word, so whatever that first sentence is, having said that, one more or less had to say what comes next and next and next. Guilty of no cogitation or forethought.

I can't really sit around and talk with people who believe that the Bible is the way it happened, because that's man-made. I'm a writer, too; that's how I look at the Bible. Like, 'I could've written a better version than that,' you know? At least a more interesting one, and then maybe more people would go to church. I could definitely do a revamp.

There are 100 million blogs in the world, and it's part of my job as the co-founder of WordPress to help many more people start blogging.

A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.

When l write my own stuff, that's my only alone time. From wake-up to going to bed, I'm with someone. I don't like to do anything alone. I guess it's insecurity. When I travel, I won't go anywhere without people to go do something. I'm happier around people; the more people the better.

In terms of people who want to be writers, I wish more people knew how much work it was.

I have always written - since I was a kid. I might say that I am essentially a writer who is bored to be alone in the room writing. I need to have more people around me. So, I 'write' with a film camera and have a party at the same time by having a bunch of people around.

The simple fact is, the more people who buy your books, the more are likely to read you. That's what I'd like to see happen.

Putting ideas into a book means I can help even more people by getting the book into everyone's hands.

You get so caught up in what you're writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you're living it, and feeling for your characters.

As much as I love my daughters, I wasn't happy with only being a stay-at-home-dad, and my wife encouraged me to try, to really try, at being a writer. More than anything, I didn't want to let her down.

That's what I'd rather be doing more than anything. I love to play and perform and write, record, do whatever - just stay in music.

We're not just writers; we're readers probably more than anything else. That's how you learn how to write and how you learn to appreciate good writing: by reading.

My wife is more important to me than anything in the world - including music. She's a great editor and companion for all of my work and she's a great writer herself. If you live with somebody who's smart, they'll affect your thinking more than anything.

My best writing is often early in the morning and, sometimes, while working out.

My writing day follows my family's day. I get a good few hours in the mornings when the kids are out of the house. And I don't work at night any more. I like to see my family.

I like to write in the mornings, so I try to protect 9 A.M. - 12 P.M. for me. I can drop our older two kids at school then write for a few hours.