I want to be a Kid Reporter because I would like to meet interesting people, and I also love being in front of the camera! As a Kid Reporter, I would love to learn how to be a better writer and interview people.
Indie bookstores love writers as much as they love readers, and there is something about a community store, where you walk in, you feel known, and the delight in books is just infectious.
I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock.
People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?
Here I am, where I ought to be. A writer must have a place where he or she feels this, a place to love and be irritated with.
A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.
Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.
If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.
I enjoy taking jobs that make fun of me - or me as Princess Leia, or me as the writer, or whatever, as some idea.
This is a little secret that all writers share: We have two lives; the one we live on Earth and the one we live in our books.
Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they choose it or not.
Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and wanting out.
I'm not the sort of writer who can plan out things. Mostly I have no idea where I'm going.
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.
