Jasper Fforde Quotes

I just write what I want to write.

I prefer writing originals.

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.

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

I write what I'm interested in.

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. And I put on the blinders, and I really - it is, for me, that simple.

All writers have their own pet commandments.

If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin' to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell your stories, your family's stories, then?

When I write, I don't think about messages for my readers.

I'm open to writing just about anything. I love writing the books that I write. They do tend to be on dark subjects, but I don't think of myself necessarily as a dark-humored person. I like having a lot of fun.

I write what I want to write.

You can't tell someone how to write their own book.

That's what I love about writing is you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.

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.'

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.

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words.

I guess I could say that I pursue questions that interest me in ways that interest me on the page, but that's awfully vague.

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready.

I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

I always write the pieces I want to write.

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

John McGovern taught me that it's OK to write repeatedly about the same things.