Zane Grey Quotes

There is no magic in all the world like that magic when you sell your first bit of writing.

I'm the luckiest writer on earth.

When I'm writing, I write every day. It's lovely when that's happening. One day dovetailing into the next. Sometimes I don't even know what day of the week it is.

I don't really love writing. I don't love the feeling of starting a new file. But I love the feeling of overcoming and accomplishing.

I have written more than 100 novels and novellas since 1983 - I was first published in 1985. There was an overlap of three years with my teaching career, but finally I felt good enough about my writing career to quit teaching and write full time.

I have written 30,000 words in a month - think of it - 30,000! I hope I am putting the right number of naughts: an average of a thousand words a day! For thirty days!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

What could be more exciting when the writing is going well and things are falling into place? It's just like riding a fabulous wave for a surfer. There's no better place to be.

I'm focused on going out every day and doing my best.

Dreamers become writers, and for me, being a published writer is a dream come true.

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.

Write a page a day. It will add up.

My family and friends have been monumentally supportive from well before I was a published author.

With writing, I prefer the solo effort, but when a team is working right, as it did on 'The Grifters,' boy, it's exhilarating.

I just want to carry on doing high-quality work.

I have to do my homework, be fast and consistent. In that case I have always beaten my team-mates.

As long as you have discipline, you can be a success. Discipline is what makes you do everything you need to do.

'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.

At the end of the day, you can have all the talent in the world. But if you don't put in the work, nothing works. The engine doesn't start going. It's a car without gas.

Every day, you have to put in the hard work.

If you're looking for longevity, you have to be a hard worker.

I've set up my goals, and I go after them, and if I do that each day, the rest will take care of itself.

Sometimes you don't really know what you're going to write about. I mean, there's times where you get into a writing room and it's a complete flop. And then there's times where you get to a writing room and you're like, 'Oh, I'm just on a roll.'

The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning.