Quotes About Writing

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I'm enjoying it.

I took a lot of writing courses.

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.

I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.

That's the best way to practice law, is writing about it and not having to be in the courtroom!

I used to write reviews for 'Artbomb.' Our policy was to only cover books we loved and recommended.

With writing, obviously you can really take the time to crack what you're going to say and build to a big point.

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.

Read and write with a sensitive ear. The craft of writing is very important. Practice the craft.

Writing is a conviction before it is a craft.

When I set out to write 'Sanctus,' all I wanted to do was craft a piece of high quality entertainment.

I don't sit at home and craft a joke.

My mind was so geared towards being a performing artist, singing all these classical pieces, but the sense of loneliness I got when I moved from New York to El Paso meant that writing turned into singing. I'd sing all these songs, and they'd make me feel better. Songs that crafted the way my life was going to go.

I think John le Carre is, at 77, the greatest living writer alive. He is a master craftsman.

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

Writers who sit down and write might judge what they're putting down, but I always just try to barf it out. I'm writing crap, but I'll put it down.

I wonder if Shakespeare ever had to write a play in 10 days while suffering from jet-lag? Probably. It would explain why his comedies are so crap.

I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.

It used to be enough for me to get on stage and sing. I kind of crave the performance part now. I write knowing it's going to happen, which I didn't do before.

I get fan letters written in everything from crayons to lipstick.

I'm crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I wouldn't know how to write an episode of it.

I've had a bit of a crazy life. So writing lyrics in songs is easy for me.

People would tell me, especially after my marriage to Prince, 'You need to write a book because you've had a crazy life.'