One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane.
I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.
All writers are different, each have their own artist way they go about telling a story. The only thing they have in common, is they write.
A writer’s brain is like a magician’s hat. If you’re going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first
When I was in high school and college, my other real focus was, actually, fiction writing. So in college, I had done all these seminars with these various writers-in-residence.
I am primarily a writer of books, and I enjoy that. But I come to realize that a lot of people prefer a visual medium.
A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.
I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game.
I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.
The two contemporary writers whom I consider as role models are Janet Malcolm and Michael Lewis.
The main impetus for being a writer is thinking, 'I could invent another world. I'm not terribly keen on this one.'
If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books haven't been wanted.
Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.
A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can’t see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise voices!
Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.
The life of a writer is directed by a mad impulsive muse, that can tell them to cancel all their storyline: a creative divergent devil.
Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those who overcame that fear.
Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it but, if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.
I think the only way you can become a writer is through honing your voice, creating your own voice.
Some writers - most, I suspect - write in isolation. I think I'd always found that quite difficult.
