Phoebe Robinson Quotes

I was writing novels in high school and apprenticed myself in a way both to Faulkner and to Hemingway.

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

I love great writing.

Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are two of my favorite writers; they're the kind of writers who make you feel like, 'I can do this. I want to do this.'

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.

Writing will remain a passion project.

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.'

When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience.

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

I prefer writing originals.

As a writer, one is busy with archaeology.

I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.

Favorite subject? I would have to say creative writing.

I've always liked new writing.

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

Stephen King's 'On Writing' is probably the most useful writing book I've ever read.

I think anytime you start relying on a format to get you by you've got weak material to begin with.

To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.

Call me the author.

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.

I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order they should be placed in an attempt to keep someone's attention and perhaps provide them with a laugh or two along the way.

Writers are so important.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write.

Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested formulas - if it aint broke don't fix it - and unexpected twists.