Writing Quotes

I'm just having fun making jokes and writing books. But you see me once a year, I come on when I have a new book out, but basically, I've got my nose to the grindstone and I'm doing what I'm supposed to do in life, which is make stories.

T. C. Boyle
- Life
- Book
- Fun
I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.

Sam Hunt

So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.

Hanya Yanagihara
- Writing
- Fun
- Words
My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.

Natalia Kills
- Life
- Song
- Moments
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

Ed Westwick
- Work
- Writing
- Poetry
Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.

Harlan Coben
- Writing
- Joy
- Process
In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'

Gavin Hood
- Up
- Time
- World
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.

Harlan Coben
- Up
- Book
- Encouragement