Quotes About Writing

The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I refused to give up. Period.

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art.

I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them.

You can always be writer. It's not so much a metamorphosis as it is finding what you want.

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

Most of screenplay writing is deciding which voices you want to listen to and take on board.

I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to. I don't want to limit myself.

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working

I get to a certain point, and I think in a novel it's about the third draft, when I want other eyes on it.

I wasn't sitting around years ago thinking I really want to write a novel.

I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and engagingly as I can, and then let the chips fall where they may.

Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself.

I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.

My big thing is that I love to write. I want continue writing and performing.

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.

It's nice to really have the freedom to write what I want.

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.

My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.

I enjoy so many different art forms; I don't just want to focus on acting. I love music. I love writing stories. And you need solitude to figure out your next step.

Having spent a lot of time trying to figure out screenwriting, I do feel moved and I want to try to write good roles for women of every age.