As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.
After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy.
There are two motives for writing a book: one, that you may save what you know, the other, that you may share what you know with the public.
Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.
I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.
The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.
Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.
Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
Never give your opinion on someone's writing unless they ask sincerely, and never ask for someone's opinion unless you're sincere.
Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our writing.
As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.
When I want to put out an album, I want to write it. I want to be able to say that I wrote my album, and all this stuff is from me.
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.
I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.
I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.
If you can write each day, do it, and meet a quota. Minimum 350 words a day. A baboon can do 350 words a day. Don’t be shown up by a baboon
I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.
College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
