writing Quotes

“It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.”

“I vividly remember being 14. That was the age when I started to get happy: I started being a writer and stopped being a loser.”

“I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.”

“I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.”

“Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.”

“When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.”

“I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.”