“I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in my 20s, that I actually saw that I had writing talent.” WritingSchoolSawsTalentLateTeensZines Author:Sonja Sohn
“There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was a painter, and he used to say, "If the muse is late for work, start without her". You have to be there. You have to be there, and do it, and grind it out, even when it is grinding and you know you're probably going to rewrite all this tomorrow.” IfsKnowsWritingMeanDoneUsedTomorrowLateSittingAssPainterPhrasesMuseUnclesGrindShowing UpRaphael Author:Peter S. Beagle
“I unplug the phone and close the door and just stick with it. I don't ever go out for lunch and I don't take vacations. I like to be awake when no one else is: either just before dawn in the morning or late, late at night. Silence helps.” WritingHelpingNightSilenceMorningDoorsLateSticksPhonesDawnAwakeLunchVacation Author:Mona Simpson
“I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up in New York to write comics back in the late 1970s, I came with a bunch of crime stories but everybody just wanted men in tights.” MenWritingFirstsStoriesWantedStuffCrimeNew YorkGrewLateGrew UpBunchNoirTightsFritz Lang Author:Frank Miller
“Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing that right now. So that's why everybody wants to do it. I mean if you're writing stuff like, you know, Fargo, or True Detective, or any of these things that are on, Breaking Bad, there are no rules in television.” IfsKnowsWantWritingMeanFilmStuffTelevisionLike YouRight NowLateIndependent80sDetectivesRenaissanceIndependent FilmFargo Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“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