Karen Robards Quotes

I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.

I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.

I wanted to write.

I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every time a head disappears, more heads appear, so I will be writing for the rest of my life. The more books I write, the more books I find that I still have to write about. I use it like an inspiration, and that's wonderful.

All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show?

It was my great problem to solve: how to write a book, you know. And after you write one, you have to write another to prove to yourself you can do it again.

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

I had no idea what to expect when I first started writing.

When I ventured into writing at the age of 17, I wanted to be a good and successful writer. I just wanted to write good stuff - poems, prose, stories, essays, everything.

I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.

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.

Usually after finishing a novel, I have a head full of bad ideas for the next one.

I think one of the keys to better writing is releasing all of your ideas and to not be afraid. Dream big. This could be the greatest novel in the world you know.

I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.

Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.

Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.

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.

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do.

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 think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.