Quotes about Writing Stories

I started writing stories as a child. Votes: 4

I started writing stories in my spare time. Votes: 4

I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories. Votes: 4

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually. Votes: 4

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories. Votes: 4

Well, we're meant to be writing stories today, Votes: 3

There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done. Votes: 3

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories. Votes: 3

I love writing stories about regular people dealing with life's biggest questions. Votes: 3

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories. Votes: 3

For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God. Votes: 3

I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes. Votes: 3

I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14. Votes: 3

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else. Votes: 3

I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time. Votes: 3

You don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu. Votes: 3

I've always called myself a journalist who happens to draw. If I wasn't drawing cartoons, I'd be writing stories. Votes: 3

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm. Votes: 3

I think we fall in love and become adults and become citizens in a way by writing stories about ourselves. Votes: 3

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create. Votes: 3

I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories. Votes: 3

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons. Votes: 3

I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting. Votes: 3

I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose. Votes: 3

I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on. Votes: 3

Writers end up writing stories-or rather, stories' shadows-and they're grateful if they can, but it is not enough. Nothing the writer can do is ever enough Votes: 3

I wasn't writing stories with the intention of creating a particular collection. I simply wrote stories, and then discovered common themes among a good number of them. Votes: 3

We are writing stories with light and darkness, motion and colors. It is a language with its own vocabulary and unlimited possibilities for expressing our inner thoughts and feelings. Votes: 3

I started writing stories in sixth grade. But writing wasn't cool, like being good at sports, or being part of the in crowd, or winning fights on the playground. Votes: 3

For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling in search of adventure. Votes: 3

I'd been writing stories since I was a child. I wrote little books for my mom and bound them myself with needle and thread. Mostly, they were about my pets. Votes: 3

The democratic race is really boring when the media is basically writing stories and spending money to ask questions in a poll about somebody who is not even a declared candidate. Votes: 3

One minute I was playing chess and doing maths all the time, the next I had been rerouted into more 'normal' girls' activities: reading, writing stories and worrying about my clothes. Votes: 3

Gardening is akin to writing stories. No experience could have taught me more about grief or flowers, about achieving survival by going, your fingers in the ground, the limit of physical exhaustion. Votes: 3

What I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong, what's legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral. Votes: 3

But then, that's the beauty of writing stories-each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you find that reason and that shape, there's no feeling like it. Votes: 3

I always wrote. I've written stories since I was 9. We didn't have a computer at home, but my aunt Magda had one. Whenever I'd go to her place, I was in the basement working on her computer, writing stories. Votes: 3

I have always loved to read, and now that I have penned 10 novels and a few magazine articles, I have fallen seriously in love with writing stories and seeing them go out into the world. It's magical, you know? Votes: 3

When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music. Votes: 3

I'm not so presumptuous to feel that they're gonna get it right away, get exactly what I have in mind. I hope that they'll enjoy looking at it at any rate, whatever it is. And that's why I started writing stories on my work. Votes: 3

Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It's unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure as love, except maybe writing a story. And nothing fails as often, except writing stories. And like a story, love must be troubled to be interesting. Votes: 3

I was always writing stories, even as a kid. I always wanted to be in the plays and do that sort of thing. Screenwriting started to really appeal to me because the idea of being able to make things that many people got to see became very captivating. Votes: 3

At eleven I was at the peak of my creative powers: I was writing stories and playlets, putting together poetryprojects. I was absorbed by my 'work.' At twelve I was no longer reading or writing, just counting off days and checking them off. I was interested in survival. Votes: 3

I became an author because I love words. I enjoyed playing with them when I was a kid, writing stories and plays, and doing whatever I could think to do with words. I kept my love of them growing up and still love to see what they can do. Votes: 3

I think I have a God complex, and I like moving mountains and writing stories that affect entire worlds, and it's a bit hard to do that in a contemporary setting because you have reality intruding. Whereas, when you set your own reality, you can make up your own rules and do whatever you like. Votes: 3

People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione. Votes: 3

I didn't do anything as active as deciding that I wanted to be a writer. For one thing, I didn't feel like I was the final authority on whether or not I was anything like a writer. (I'm a timid soul.) I just kept writing stories, because becoming a veterinarian seemed as if it involved too much dissection. Votes: 3

The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra - you can cut off its head in the Germany of the '30s and '40s, but it'll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise. Votes: 3

My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Renee, and brother William, and we grew up in Dalkey, a little town 10 miles outside of Dublin. It was a secure, safe and happy childhood, which was meant to be a disadvantage when it comes to writing stories about family dramas. Votes: 3

With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories. Votes: 2

I simply love writing good stories; that's my passion. Votes: 2

I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion. Votes: 2

I'm just writing a story that I want to read. Votes: 2

I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety. Votes: 2

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. Votes: 2

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. Votes: 2

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story. Votes: 2

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. Votes: 2

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me. Votes: 2

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters. Votes: 2

I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories. Votes: 2

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure? Votes: 2

Poetry is its own medium; it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching an environment. Votes: 2

I've always been ambidextrous, writing short stories and novels, and I pretty much have been writing a novel and a handful of short stories every year since '91. Votes: 2

I love writing family stories. Votes: 0

I am content when writing short stories. Votes: 0

Writing stories is a kind of magic, too. Votes: 0

I don't feel like writing any more ghost stories. Votes: 0

For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories. Votes: 0

I would spend my time telling stories or writing them. Votes: 0

Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse. Votes: 0

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13. Votes: 0

I'll often dream about characters before I start writing their stories. Votes: 0

The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me. Votes: 0

Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use. Votes: 0

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories. Votes: 0

The great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge. Votes: 0

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories. Votes: 0

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book. Votes: 0

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade. Votes: 0

I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read. Votes: 0

I've been writing since I was 7, but before that, I was orally making stories. Votes: 0

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Votes: 0

I love writing for myself. I read them [my stories], I cry over them sometimes. Votes: 0

I had always written. I had written stories and poems. Then I started writing plays. Votes: 0

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music. Votes: 0

It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction. Votes: 0

I want my stories to move people ... to feel some kind of reward from the writing. Votes: 0

Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories. Votes: 0

Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult. Votes: 0

I love stories - devising them, writing them, reading them, watching them, being a part of them. Votes: 0

I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them. Votes: 0

Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories. Votes: 0

If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. Votes: 0

I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history. Votes: 0

Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are. Votes: 0

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels. Votes: 0

There's a lot of thievery involved in writing. You're breaking into other people's spaces and other people's stories. Votes: 0

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up. Votes: 0

I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection. Votes: 0

The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality. Votes: 0

I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it. Votes: 0

'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder. Votes: 0

Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder. Votes: 0

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. Votes: 0

Since childhood, I wrote a lot of fiction, a lot of stories, but I most loved writing essays. Votes: 0

I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification. Votes: 0

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear. Votes: 0

When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me. Votes: 0

Sometimes I make my life a living hell by writing complex stories with complex characters. But I love it. Votes: 0

I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching. Votes: 0

I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear. Votes: 0

I am not comfortable with abstract writing, stories that look like essays: you have to see, I need to see. Votes: 0

Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audiobook goes all the way back to that tradition. Votes: 0

I continue to enjoy looking for stories, and trying to do the best job I can reporting and writing them. Votes: 0

For me, writing Bridget's [Jones] stories is an instinctive, organic thing, which tends to happen more by accident than design. Votes: 0

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. Votes: 0

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. Votes: 0

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry. Votes: 0

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature. Votes: 0

I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting. Votes: 0

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. Votes: 0

Readers can surprise you. Many times, they notice layers in your stories, that even you were not aware of while writing. Votes: 0

Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for. Votes: 0

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories. Votes: 0

I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me. Votes: 0

Reporters are faced with the daily choice of painstakingly researching stories or writing whatever people tell them. Both approaches pay the same. Votes: 0

Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women. Votes: 0

I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records. Votes: 0

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide. Votes: 0

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy. Votes: 0

It's extremely important for women to be writing their own stories and giving them to people to really be emotionally impacted by Votes: 0

What interests me in writing a novel is taking really remote voices, characters, and stories and beginning to create some kind of web. Votes: 0

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them. Votes: 0

When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get them. Votes: 0

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out. Votes: 0

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure? Votes: 0

If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop writing. Votes: 0

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life. Votes: 0

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. Votes: 0

I moved to New York with the derangement of love. I was writing all these terrible stories, but I had never been happier. Votes: 0

When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are. Votes: 0

In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies. Votes: 0

You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed. Votes: 0

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication. Votes: 0

You either have an imaginative mind or you don't. All of my writing is God-given. I don't write my stories - they write themselves. Votes: 0

I had been writing since I was pretty small, and I've always been telling these stories about doors and finding other worlds within our own. Votes: 0

My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had no interest in writing whatsoever. Votes: 0

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories. Votes: 0

I'm much more into someone who is telling stories than somebody who is writing a record about their breakup. It's just more interesting for me. Votes: 0

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things. Votes: 0

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can't forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released. Votes: 0

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again. Votes: 0

I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're making literature. Votes: 0

TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories. Votes: 0

You can't go wrong with major life and death stories when it comes to a competition, so I thought I'd have a go at writing one. Votes: 0

I enjoy research as much as writing so I try to make my stories as fact-based as possible, which I think helps them seem more authentic. Votes: 0

I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on 'Flash,' 'Teen Titans' and 'JSA' for years. I always like diving into characters. Votes: 0

I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for. Votes: 0

I've been writing short stories for twenty years now, on and off ever since I was in the creative writing program at San Francisco State University. Votes: 0

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium. Votes: 0

You keep your followers confused when you begin very well and give up too early... Suspense is useful in movies, but useless when writing your success stories! Votes: 0

As long as I can remember, I've been writing - first poems, then stories, and by my early teenage years I was also in love with sailing. Votes: 0

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me. Votes: 0

The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorating. Votes: 0

Ideas for stories come to me based on my life, so who knows? If somebody sends me to become an astronaut, that's what I'll end up writing. Votes: 0

Experiments with the "as if" of fiction are often more lively in poetry and criticism and other modes of writing than in weak short stories or novels. Votes: 0

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories. Votes: 0

Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily short stories, and primarily for myself. Votes: 0

Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked. Votes: 0

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. Votes: 0

I could never do just one thing, but everything I do is in the direction of stories. Sometimes writing them, sometimes showcasing them, sometimes letting people see them. Votes: 0

When I was painting, I was painting stories I was telling myself. When I look back at it, moving to writing was a very natural progression for me. Votes: 0

A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren't that terrific. Votes: 0

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing. Votes: 0

I think my very earliest stories were all intellectual exercises and I was writing from experiences I had never had about characters who were about an inch deep. Votes: 0

While we do have 50 years of terrific Avengers stories, many of which our writing staff has written, along the way, this has to live in its own world. Votes: 0

I never get sick of writing my own stories because there's a certain comfort in knowing you will never run out of material. It's relaxing, actually, to write. Votes: 0

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing a novel seems impossible. Votes: 0

The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one's prose style. That's why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more leeway in the writing style. Votes: 0

I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels. But poetry was always there. Votes: 0

As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together. Votes: 0

I have been tossing around the idea of writing some non-fiction. Maybe a collection of short stories about my experience being a mom and how not to be perfect. Votes: 0

Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing! Votes: 0

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories. Votes: 0

I didn't think of myself as writing 'cli-fi,' but I'll take the label. I'll take any label that makes someone think they might be interested in my stories. Votes: 0

Writing stories has given me the power to change things I could not change as a child. I can make boys into doctors. I can make fathers stop drinking. I can make mothers stay. Votes: 0