Quotes About Writing

When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.

I write when the baby is asleep or when I'm on the road I write a lot... There's always time to do it. It's like getting exercise.

But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.

I love just being an actor. I love writing, but I'm not a writer. I have no aspirations to direct.

If you ask who I aspire to, well, if a single line of mine was as funny as P. G. Wodehouse can be, that would be great.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is to write the book that you would want to read, and hope other people agree.

I think a lot of people assume you need to be born into a special creative family to have a career as a writer. So I never thought it would happen for me.

When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

When the material written is very good then half of your work is done by the writer itself. When there's a well-defined character written, then the attempt is to be as honest to the material as possible.

I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer.

I have never been attracted to television work. Even to appear in series and soapies. I have always appeared in theatre and major movies, writing plays and other things.

The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot. Any or all of those things. But if the writing is really appalling, then the money had better be really good. Sometimes you say yes to something you wouldn't always do because you need the money.

You've got to write for your audience.

I'll often use my real stuff in my writing because it comes across as more authentic.

I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?

'Some day,' I said, 'I will be an author.'

I want to be an author.

An author departs, he does not die.

I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

I became a children's author by accident.

I'm an author whose strength is in gag-writing.

I became a children's author by accident. As far as I'm concerned, I write for everybody.

I'm sure every author has their own process.

I'm the author of several books, including children's books.