#i write

When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#actions #affinities #among #architecture #arts

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#doing #easily #finish #i #i write

I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they can also be fantastical, so it's nice to have a setting that grounds them a little bit. ↗

— John Green

#also #bit #feel #ground #grounds

I'm a very introverted person. Nothing that's happened has changed that, but one of the reasons I write for teens is it's a real privilege to have a seat at the table in the lives of young people when they're figuring out what matters to them. ↗

— John Green

#figuring #happened #i #i write #introverted

I love my work but do not know how I write it. ↗

— Zane Grey

#i #i love #i write #know #love

I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

#bullet #cannot #computer #front #hate

I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

#because #being #getting #great #i

I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#fiction writer #i #i write #novels #preacher

I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are. ↗

— David Guterson

#compulsion #consider #deeply #duty #ethical