All Quotes By Tag: Writing-philosophy
“My novels are written with the purpose of taking all of my character’s mess and turning it into a beautiful masterpiece.”
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“The historian records, but the novelist creates.”
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“I’ve always loved the night, when everyone else is asleep and the world is all mine. It’s quiet and dark—the perfect time for creativity.”
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“It is the storyteller’s task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.”
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“We will need to find people who will provide a safe writing space for us, where criticism comes late and love and delight come early.—from Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing”
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“Writers are like supreme beings. We can create worlds in a matter of days and we can destroy them just as fast.”
“If you’re a writer, write. And always strive for excellence.”
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“If the novel is dead, I’m a necrophiliac.”
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“One hasn’t become a writer until one has distilled writing intoa habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession.Writing has to be an obsession. It has to be something as organic,physiological and psychological as speaking or sleeping or eating.”
“I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling … I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not, I just did it.”
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“Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers”
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“If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing”
“Don’t believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true”
“One author said “I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It’s hard to live a footprint in the sands of history when giants are passing through the same sands unless you are one of the giants”
“The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It’s the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals”