Kate Thompson Quotes

If I did anything 'next', I would do writing.

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

Doing interesting things and then writing about them is the best way to become a good writer.

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

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

I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the topic - an academic treatise about publishing from the WWII era.

Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations.

My favorite pastime is to write.

I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids' stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to give that a go; I'd like to try to be a writer.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

Writers are nerds.

I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them.

I starting writing when I was about 13 or 14 years old.

I'm sure every author has their own process.

The things I want to do mostly involve writing.

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

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's block or how to deal with any problem that can come up - whether you're writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting.

There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, 'Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth.'

I've always been a writer.

'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.