Quotes About Authorship

There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.

When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director.

I'd be lying if I didn't say I pretended to be Carrie Bradshaw while I wrote from my apartment.

MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree.

You're on your own with the book. And while you are writing fiction, you're spending all this time with people who don't actually exist, which is just madness.

One of the things I liked about writing for a magazine was a kind of anonymity. When you do books, it's different than magazine pieces because you become a 'figure.'

Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.

When a writer makes something, it's theirs forever. That is the magic for me.

There is no magic in all the world like that magic when you sell your first bit of writing.

I was pretty happy with how my career had gone, mainly because of the enormous freedom I've had to write what I've wanted to write. I had a very clear picture of who I was as a writer.

Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference.

I'm a storyteller." "I am a biographer.

Dianne Jacob

With stories even a page can take me hours, but the truth seems to flow out as fast as I can get it down.

Ne svi?a li nam se vlastita pri?a, možemo je promijeniti. Jer mi smo, na kraju krajeva, njezini autori.

the writer is [...] the work's way of getting itself written

In fact, my experiences as I was writing the 3:16 book weren't that different from writing computer books, although I wasn't using integral signs as much.

From center stage to behind-the-scenes—this is a must-have for all Patriots. Every photograph has been handpicked by me and every caption is mine, some in my own handwriting

I'm a writer because, at an early age, I became convinced it was the one thing I could do to earn people's respect. It's true in the process I learned to love words and ideas and these days I actually like to get lost in the writing process. But the early fuel, the early motivation, was all about becoming a person worth loving.

Everything's a mirror when you're a writer; the computer monitor is a mirror. Who thinks they are so important they need to write books about themselves? Who are these people who write about themselves, and how did I become one of them?

Well, I don't know who wrote this, said Francis at last, his tone offhand and perfectly casual, but whoever they were, they certainly couldn't spell.

author of more than

When I'm supposed to be writing, I end up making up names," says Lucas of the mercenary's christening. "I have a couple of little books that are lists of names. Whenever I think of a name, whenever I'm in the shower, I'm with friends, or see a sign, I write it down in my little book. So when I have a new character, sometimes I'll go down the list and pick a name out that seems to fit that particular character.