Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.
My best writing has to do with an internal process that I'm working out unconsciously and put into my characters.
I've been taking longer to write stories lately.
Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.
I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.
Writing is a job: you must show up.
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.
Write this down: My life is full of unlimited possibilities.
But above all, an author must write passionately and edit passionately.
I know I'd like to direct a film at some point, and maybe I'll write it.
The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product.
I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.
Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world.
I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.
I didn't write anything until I was well over 30.
Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night.
Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.
It was no hardship to me to spend long hours reading and writing.
I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.
