Quotes About Authorship

And the pen, as it were, Dear Reader, is now in my hand, and I am claiming the advantage, taking it for myself, for you will notice that the written word hides the body of the one who writes. For all you know, I might be a MAN in disguise. Unlikely, you say, with all this feminist prattle flying out here and there and everywhere, but can you be sure?

Je n'écris plus, je suis écrite. (p.86)

Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand.

Storytelling is my passion, and it rises from a love of reading.

Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love.

We certainly have a lot of ideas, and we both love what Tony [Fucile] did with the book [Bink & Gollie]. If we could all pull it off, I think all three of us would like to do another.

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.

I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.

"Et Tu, Babe" was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer's life was solitary and insular, and I was happy with that. I love reading and writing, it's my whole life.

Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.

If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer

I love writing for myself. I read them [my stories], I cry over them sometimes.

I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.

I certainly want to continue to write in a way that's intimate. I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer.

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

Here's what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.

Write on a subject you love. Your profit center should also be your passion center.

Remember, with writing, what you're looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'

To write is to read one's own self

Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, 'Uh oh, they're going to find out now. I've run a game on everybody and they're going to find me out.

I will note in passing that we shared a dislike for both writers and scholars who treat some body, or some body of work, as if they owned it.

Then again, to be a published author, you had to have more than a little confidence in yourself. Otherwise you'd never have the courage to share your writing with the world, much less continue trying to do so after the inevitable rejections and bad reviews.

Oh," I said again. I've always wondered how I'm supposed to respond to someone who says that they "used to" enjoy my books. Truthfully, it kind of hurt a little to be told by someone that they "used to" enjoy my work. It was nice that they used to, but painful to hear that they no longer did.

I don't know how much my writing has contributed to this consciousness-raising, and how much the consciousness-raising has contributed to my writing. But I'm grateful to be part of what's happened