Quotes About Writing

Being lonely is not a bad thing for a writer.

Writing is one of those jobs that everyone has an opinion on. I don't think this is a bad thing.

If you make a book which is little more than putting a television script on the page, and add a few pictures, that would be a bad thing. But I would never do that because I happen to be very interested in language, in writing.

Because I'm a woman writing about women who do bad things, that's somehow very 'other.' When men write that, it's called a novel. It's just a book.

If I don't write, I hate myself. Simple as that. My life is out of balance.

I try to have a balanced diet. I try to write down everything that I eat.

I can write a love song or a ballad, or when I read something and it pisses me off, I know how to go in.

I only started writing in the latter days of Spandau Ballet. I didnt know I could write because all had our roles within the band.

Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.

Bad reviews are the bane of an author's post-publication existence.

I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.

When 'If God Was a Banker' became a success, it changed my entire perspective. I wanted to write more and wanted to be lot more successful as a writer.

What's bad, boring, and barely read all over? Business writing.

I wish we were smart enough that, every time we had an idea for a script, that it was great right off the bat.

Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.

I would love to just write and not have everything I say or do turn into a political battle.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

As long as I'm writing stuff and people are reading it, I'll be happy.

I need to write to be happy.

You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

I always say to my students, 'If you can do anything other than writing and be happy, then you should.'

I have always wanted to write a novel, and I tried many times but could never find the right story. One day, I was walking on the beach, and the idea for 'Groundswell' hit me. I went into the house and started writing and never stopped.

Nothing beats a good part with good writers that you get to come back to year after year.