Quotes About Writing

I don't talk about feelings, but I write a lot about feelings. Reading, that's feminine; writing, that's feminine. It is insane - it's really insane - but it still is in me.

I wrote a lot as a child. I had an insane imagination.

As a writer of fiction, you don't ever want to limit the characters you create to the life you've lived. That's insanity to me.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

My stories often begin with a situation or character rather than an insight about the human condition. It's always been difficult for me to write from an abstract idea, no matter how interesting or compelling I feel the idea might be.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Write down everything you can think of, no matter how stupid it seems. I always write down my thoughts throughout the day. Sometimes good things come out of it, and I'll find an idea to develop into a song, so my best advice is to try and draw inspiration from everyday things.

Insomnia is my greatest inspiration.

I'm of the ilk of writers that feels you have to be open to the inspiration.

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.

I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.

People often ask writers where they get their inspiration, and for me, the short answer is that I haven't a clue; I'm just grateful that I get them.

I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every time a head disappears, more heads appear, so I will be writing for the rest of my life. The more books I write, the more books I find that I still have to write about. I use it like an inspiration, and that's wonderful.

In 2006, when I had come very close to calling my agent and telling him I needed to take a break, NaNoWriMo was where I found my inspiration again.

One of the inspirations for my becoming a writer was the baseball board game Strat-O-Matic.

I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like this inspire kids to write, or even read a whole book, I think it's good.

All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.

People inspire me to write, the good ones and the bad ones.

Some books inspire one to read, and some inspire one to write; for selfish reasons, I'm always looking for the latter.

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.

I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.

I get inspired by my friends, and if a friend is a writer, that is even deeper.

I think the fundamental thing about writing fiction is that you write what interests you and what inspires you. It can't be forced. I see no need to write about anything else or any other type of world.

Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you.