Dismissing fantasy writing because some of it is bad is exactly like saying I'm not reading Jane Eyre because it is a romance and I know romance is crap.
He can neither read nor write and in him broods already a taste for mindless violence. All history present in that visage, the child the father of the man.
I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their last performance or your favourite of their performances.
I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.
I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.
When the 'Fight Club' movie was going into production, I quit my job so I could write full-time.
People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens.
The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.
I usually write in my kitchen, which is a large, octagonal room that looks into woods - three big windows look out into the trees.
I think inspiration is strongest when I find a balance between observation and participation. You can’t write about what it means to dance by watching from the bleachers.
One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.
I have little weird things that aren't really specific but are just kind of odd. I write my 5's backwards, and I don't know if anyone would even care, at all.
There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important.
You see a comic, and you're like, 'Oh wow: the Riddler has been drawn this way, and he's been drawn that way.' There are tons of looks, and his personality changes based on who's writing them.
For the courage to write above myself; For the guts to shout down the Critic within; Fir the willingness to release the past, the future, I thank You, that which Inspires.
I can't stand Anne Tyler books, but I gobble them up. It's like Updike - I can't stand him either, but I read everything he writes.
The best way of writing sex scenes is to do the first draft, orgasm, and then start editing. You can be objective post-orgasm.
I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.
I always feel a responsibility to the people I write about. I feel obligated to portray them in the way they feel is proper.
If I could go upstairs and write every day, I would be happy. I don't need recreation.
As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.
