I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.
Jack Ryan: I'm not an agent, I just write books for the CIA.
When I started earning money from screen-writing, for a long time my only indulgences were books.
I waste most of the day, then finally start to write around 3 P.M., totally disgusted with myself for my wasteful nature.
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking. I'm a thinker. I'm always writing poetry, I'm always coming to conclusions.
Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other.
Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero.
I'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social constructionism. So I would say I'm a social constructionist, whatever that means.
By the time I joined the 'Washington Post' sports staff in 1979, Red's Runyonesque notion of sports writing was obsolete.
Writing is still my main career, but I would love, for instance, to serve in the New York State Assembly.
I think we fall in love and become adults and become citizens in a way by writing stories about ourselves.
I love writing for women. The willingness to go from laughter to tears in a moment is the greatest palette you can paint with as a writer.
In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.
I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time.
Writing is never, ever easy but I wake up every morning grateful for the gift of being able to do this.
I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each other.
Besides writing music and surfing, I like to simply chill with my friends. Watching movies and going out to eat are often my prime choices for a day off.
