Yann Martel Quotes

But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a writer in order to stay alive as a writer.

You write, hoping to write a good book; that's it.

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

Writing is not getting any easier or harder. I think I know what I want more, I know what I'm looking for.

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was good to be task - based for a while. I just came downstairs each day, picked the one I was going to do that day, and wrote.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

That's point of writing: building what you need, right?

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write.

I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured.

I really write for people.

I might be into writing... I'd like to try it someday. I always come up with some good ideas.

Writing - not being a writer with interesting habits - gets priority.

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

I write - and then I write some more.

I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.

I write constantly about everything.