F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.

I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life.

Call it vanity, call it arrogant presumption, call it what you wish, but I would grope for the nearest open grave if I had no newspaper to work for, no need to search for and sometimes find the winged word that just fits, no keen wonder over what each unfolding day may bring.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

Do me a favor - right now, today, start a list of all your crazy obsessions, the things that get your heart pumping, that wake you up in the middle of the night. Put it above your desk and use it to guide you, to jumpstart your writing each and every day.

Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.

I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.

The possibilities are infinite with new writing; every time you open a new script, there's no limit to what it might contain.

I always write about what interests me.

I look for stories everywhere.

The best memories on tour are always of kids who tell me they are going to run back to their classrooms and start writing!

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.

People inspire me. Curiosity inspires me. Mystery inspires me.

Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me makes me want to figure things out.

It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now to help you dive into the things you don’t know.

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

There is a plethora of topics to explore. I sometimes think I may never live long enough to explore all of the unique story lines I have either in my head or waiting in my computer file.

Everyone has early fiction fantasies, but it wasn't until my second child Betsy was born that I allowed the urge to write a novel bubble up.

What drives the creative person is that we see it all.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.