Sherman Alexie Quotes

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

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

Ironically, writing a novel is not a way to sort out your confusion.

Stallone is a great writer. He wrote one of the best screenplays ever written. Rocky. It is one of the biggest classics of all time. I think in the past, he was shying away from writing his own stuff, because there is a lot of pressure when you star in something that you write.

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry.

I'm writing books. They're still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it's an interesting place to work.

I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie.

I have visions and ideas about different things. Other actors just inspire you, so writing is something I would love to do more of. I would really be interested in doing something in that vein, writing something for myself or someone else and directing for sure.

When I'm writing, it's about the page. It's not about the movie. It's not about cinema. It's about the literature of me putting my pen to paper and writing a good page and making it work completely as a document unto itself. That's my first artistic contribution. If I do my job right, by the end of the script, I should be having the thought, 'You know, if I were to just publish this now and not make it . . . I'm done.

Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity.

I'm more interested in writing than in performing.

When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.

I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.

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

You become a great writer by writing.

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

I just finished a novel, and I'm back kind of noodling on the screenplays. Screenplays are tough. I am making music, I'm just not sure what kind of music it is or where it's going.

I write novels and other things.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.