James Wolcott Quotes

Writing will remain a passion project.

I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember.

I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.

I've been writing for a long time.

I prefer writing originals.

Favorite subject? I would have to say creative writing.

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words.

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me.

I enjoy writing.

I wanted to write.

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

I want to write more, because I think I've got a story to tell.

I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it.

I'm not as good a writer as I'd like to be; therefore, I like to use images to tell stories.

One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.

I never thought I was very good at developing material. I grew up at the BBC where they sent you scripts.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

Writers are people who put pen to paper every day.

I had a strong desire to write and some free time.

I used to write stories. Handwriting stories in school were a big deal for me. That's kind of what I did.

I am not a writer.

All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just be something he said casually in conversation.

I don't know how I do it, but I've written about everything. I've written about my shoes.

If you have some natural talent and really want to write, you should read the books of someone who's very successful in your genre. You don't want to plagiarize, but you want to learn from that author.

Of course you bank on your experience, but as a sounding board. It isn't that you write down what happens to you every day. You wouldn't be a writer if you did that.