Writing Quotes

I quite like American music, like The Fray – I’m a massive fan of them – and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard.

If I’m doing my job right, then I’m not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I’m just jotting it down.

Those books of mine that are remunerative – I’m not talking about poetry here – take years to write, and I am never sure they’ll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.

No one can touch words but words touch everyone. Our choices of words decide most of the situations we are dealing with, they have an immense power to influence and control life. 

Writing well is the best revenge.

Don’t write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what’s in your heart.

I write poetry hoping that one day I fall in love with the poet.

I used to write poems more when I was younger, but I haven’t in a long time. I just write ideas and paragraphs and go from there.

I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder.

I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.