I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.
I'm a writer. In Latin America, they say I'm a Latin-American writer because I also write in Spanish and my books are translated, but I am an American citizen and my books are published here, so I'm also an American writer.
I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that's fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats.
I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the first two books. You finally let people know what really happens and reveal all the secrets and bring certain characters together.
I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me.
What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the crime scene and I do work in the lab gives my books this flavor that otherwise they wouldn't have.
She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.
It is my greatest wish that victims of paranormal attack are treated with the respect and compassion they deserve, and that by writing this book, it will encourage others to come forward and share their stories also.
People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.
If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.
I wrote 'I'm Me' because I was asked to write a children's book.
Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.
I always want to write something better than the last book.
I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.
It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine.
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.
