Elie Wiesel Quotes

A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.

Write your goddamned book now. The world awaits.

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine.

I am always writing. It is not always good, but if I am writing, I am usually happy.

I guess the thing that I'm most proud of is that I kept on writing poetry. I understand that poetry is sort of the source of everything I do. It's the source of my creativity.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

At night I can write for hours.

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I am always trying to write.

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to.

One of the disconcerting things about writing for publication is that you're trying to clear your little parcel of land in a field where Taste is king - and, as we all know, there's no accounting for Taste.

I don't know why I write what I write.

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort!

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

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

When I wrote my novel, 'The Ministry of Special Cases,' I couldn't even brush my teeth. I had to write in isolation from everything else. I thought a play would take away from my fiction, but the more projects I work on, the more time I have.

Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. It's just not where things are at right now, and it's just a matter of time until there's something going on where I feel compelled to write.

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

I love writing and I just sit at my keyboard and write.

I think writing gives me creative freedom.