“Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll write a book about that.'” ThinkingWritingBookHavensFallenTrapsDay To DayAmelie Author:Amelie Nothomb
“I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.” WritingIdeasHavens Author:Marisha Pessl
“I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.” WritingActorsChanceHavensDirectAspire Author:Stephen Root
“And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.” IfsWritingCareInterestingHavensBlogs Author:Uma Thurman
“Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.” WayWritingKindHas BeensBookDifferentLiteratureProcessWrittenHavensDifferent Ways Author:Irvine Welsh
“I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies.” WritingStillsIdeasHavensCaughtDialogueWriting Dialogue Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“The way I feel about every book is this: you don't finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense failed, otherwise I wouldn't write another one. If I wrote the perfect book, I wouldn't have to write again, and I wouldn't want to. That's not true for everyone, but it's true for me. I could walk away then. But so far I haven't managed to do it.” IfsWayWantFeelsWritingBookWalksPerfectHavensAbandon Author:Russell Banks
“In our office, we have a whiteboard with all of our ideas and things we want to write on it - great ideas we have that we haven't had the time to get around to yet.” WantWritingIdeasHavensOfficeGreat Idea Author:Erich Hoeber
“The books I haven't written are better than the books other people have.” PeopleWritingBookWorkWrittenHavensCareer Success Author:Cyril Connolly
“Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.” WritingProblemLiteratureHavensGenderEnormousComplaints Author:Jim Harrison
“If someone's going to publish a book about addiction, it has to say something new and different. It has to be something we haven't read before. A lot of these books are published because the writing is wonderful. The Frey book has superb writing, and that can be enough to sell a book.” IfsWritingBookDifferentEnoughWonderfulHavensSellsAddictionSomething NewPublishSuperb Author:Charles Adams
“I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how the world really works. And since I haven't had it I have to write about it instead.” IfsKnowsWorldFeelsWritingBehindsHavensIf I CouldCurtains Author:Charles de Lint
“I haven't written a word of fiction since 2009. I have no desire to write fiction. I did what I did and it's done. There's more to life than writing and publishing fiction. There is another way entirely, amazed as I am to discover it at this late date.” WayWritingDoneDesireFictionWrittenHavensLatePublishingAmazedAnother WayMore To Life Author:Philip Roth