Quotes About Writing

I am a compulsive writer.

There's nothing I'd rather do than sort of, you know, sit at my computer and rhyme.

I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.

I don't sit down in front of my computer screen and think, 'Right. Today I shall begin a story set in this or that period of history.' I just get ideas from the world around me.

You know when you're writing, and it's just you and the computer screen, and you never think that anyone is ever going to read it... you're able to say private things when you're writing.

I can write anywhere. But I don't use a computer, and I could never write on a laptop. I hate the sound of computers; it's too dull, like it's not doing anything for you.

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

When I try to concentrate, I really enjoy writing.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

I think a conceptual idea comes to me first - something I've been mulling over a lot right before I feel like writing a book - and then the characters start to develop around it.

Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television.

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.

Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality.

Write what you want to write, write what people want to hear, and write about what they're going through, because if you could connect with the people who are listening to your music and coming to your concerts and coming to your meet and greets, then you're doing your job well.

The conclusion I came to was that even if I couldn't sell books, I still liked the process of writing.

In my experience, every book you write changes the conditions in which you write the next.

I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way that I would appreciate as a music fan. That's how we conduct ourselves, be it in writing music or playing it live.

Writing is a little athletic for me. I get worked up a little bit when I do it. So I guess I'm a little bit like that composer conducting. There are a lot of things that go into what I do, but I think athletics really sort of shaped my ethic.

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.

I am in no way a confident person - except when it comes to what I'm writing. It's just like, this is what I can do, and I have what I think is a pretty strong voice, for better or worse. It's the style I like to write in.

I like writing and don't confine myself to just the words or just the music. But I don't particularly write songs with myself in mind.

When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.

That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.

When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself.