Quotes About Writing

When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

A liar with a pen is a writer

Sometimes I don't even know why I'm writing what I'm writing...I'm just following these people around and taking notes.

The thing about being a screenwriter, scriptwriter, or scenarist, You get to have multiple personalities and not be charged!

If you're not writing, you're wronging.

If your career doesn't work out, write a book about it.

An autobiography is inherently incomplete unless the last page is written on the eve of the author's demise.

Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.

Well-developed characters will ruin your writing plans every time. You may think you know where you're going with a story, but they have other ideas.

When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.

...writing Jeeves stories gives me a great deal of pleasure and keeps me out of the public houses.

... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.

Writing something new is an effective way to get rid of writer's block. Or you can observe the people around you and fantasize like I do.

It was a dark and stormy night. . .perfect for staying indoors and writing a novel!

Writing is like making love, editing is like giving your great grandfather a sponge bath.

Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.

I wrote a book on cats. In retrospect, I should have used paper, cause chapter six got hit by a car.

What's my favorite part that I've written? That's like asking me to choose which of my kids is least ugly!

If you have nothing good to say about someone, write a book about them. - Carmen Fox, Life Motto

Writing is like talking to yourself, just in a way that makes it look like you're not crazy!

PREFACE PROBLEM: Nobody reads prefaces.SOLUTION: Call the preface Chapter 1.NEW PROBLEM CREATED BY SOLUTION: Chapter 1 is boring.RESOLUTION: Throw away Chapter 1 and call Chapter 2 Chapter 1.

How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.

I like telling stories with a sense of humor. But humor can also distance you from the subject you're writing about. I'm interested in using humor as a portal to something a bit more serious.

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down.