Nate Silver Quotes

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

I'm not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I'd spend ten hours a week writing. The writing is going on all the time in my head; the trick is to capture it. Showers are great. Traffic jams are great.

I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.

I have an ideas book at home with far more ideas than I will ever be able to write.

I write constantly about everything.

I am always trying to write.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.

I like to write. Prolific is part of who I am.

I would say, number one, don't worry about getting published. Just write. Number two, just write. Three is make sure you read.

I write all the time and I try to think of ideas all the time.

I'm constantly writing.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I've learned never to try and force words to come.

I've never had a writer's block, but still I think: 'Is it going to happen this time?' You never know what you're going to get; you just put your fingers on the keys and hope.

I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing I'm in the middle of, I do that, but when I'm not, time can go by when I'm not writing at all.

And once I know what the first page is, then the rest will come.