Quotes About Writing

Some writers sit down without a thought of what they are going to say, and they go through draft after draft.

I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B' the summer after I turned 21.

Everything I write, I've written the first draft in Austria.

I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the end draft.

I read and write but my ideas don't go beyond the first draft. When they will, I will make it into a film probably.

I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.

So much of writing is about what characters don't say, and in the early drafts, sometimes things get overwritten.

First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't.

When I act, I come away drained. When I write, I come away energized.

It's true, I did write - but it's probably not as dramatic as it sounds.

It's really easy to do sad; you just put on some sad music and write dramatically - everybody can do that.

I like to stay artistic. So I always like to draw or write.

I know I can always draw, but I actually love the writing the most.

I always thought I was going to be an artist. All I ever did was draw. I only ever turned to writing because I couldn't find somebody to write the kind of stuff I wanted to do. That just spiraled out of control.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

Every writer is going to end up drawing from their own experiences in one way or another.

If I'm not with my family or playing football then I'm usually in my office writing and drawing.

I've always been a 'write first' artist: the drawings are always in service of the writing.

I have a number of friends that try to live off their writing, and there's way more pressure for a hit or to write a certain type of book. You can't do a limited-edition short-story book with drawings unless you don't want to eat anything but ramen.

I have very little choice. If I don't write, I feel dreadful. So I write.

I was just dreaming, and if, if I'd written the book and nobody wanted it, I would have put it in the drawer and said, 'Well, I did that.'

I'm still driven by the feeling I had when I wrote my first book or read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle adventure.

I'm not driven. I love writing. My imagination is always working. I write when I have time, and life allows me the time.

I will try to write books until I drop dead.