Umberto Eco Quotes

I'm constantly creating and writing.

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

You become a great writer by 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.

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of myself as a happy medium.

I have grown in my writing and I care about it now and I know how important it is to write stuff.

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

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

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

I never think that any writer can teach someone how to write.

No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it.

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.

I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

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

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

I had to write about realistic circumstances. That's the way my brain works. And I think that gave me a sort of place in the field.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

Big Night and The Impostors are both things that I wrote.

You can't be a storyteller and a speechwriter at the same time.

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

It's very hard to tell somebody how to write when they're so good, and they're a brilliant writer and a really good guy.