Quotes About Authorship

People thought I wrote in a very 'masculine' way.

When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

I've always had a maturity within my writing.

I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.

I love everything that Cormac McCarthy has written.

As a writer, I try to turn my feelings and experiences into a different form entirely, something that gives me mastery over them and also makes them meaningful to other people.

There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That's what you're writing for, to get people to respond to it.

I'm very bad at delegating writing responsibilities, because I've never been able to do it; I've never had any help or looked for any help.

I can't take responsibility for everyone's employment.

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65.

The bad reviews get to me, believe me.

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up and let it sit, sometimes for a long time, and then when I'm ready, I work on revision.

I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.

I don't think I'm the right man to adapt a book.

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!

But I'm not the first person in the Royal Family to bring out a book.

These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from.

The idea of being a show runner was very attractive to me, to create and control something.

When you're a writer on a show, your job is to write in the show runner's voice, really.

I learned a lot from Russell T. Davies, who is the most wonderful writer.

Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.

I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that.