#i write

I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to mine. Write the books, spit three times over your shoulder and you're safe. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #happen #happening #horrible #horrible things

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #carpet #find #footing #going

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good. ↗

— John Pomfret

#because #being #believe #best #could

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#books #cranky #get #hard #i

My dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bed #been #closest #doing #dream

I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #i write #novels #reality #something

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #i write #reader #thinking #whenever

I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notices. ↗

— Rick Reilly

#german #going #i #i write #nobody

Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time. ↗

— David Remnick

#efficient #everybody #fast #i #i write

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood. ↗

— Trent Reznor

#bad mood #i #i write #mood #most