Jane Seymour Quotes

My garage/office is strewn with Post-its, cards, folders, notebooks, yoga mats and multicoloured pens, all purchased in a quest to unlock a magic way of working that will ensure my ascension to next-level creativity.

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

Although I've made notes for things and even written synopses sitting in trains or on park benches, for the complete composition of things I need absolute solitude, preferably an empty house.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

When I'm the happiest, my desk is not neat. It has lots of pens and the books I love. It gets messy when I'm in the flow. So many houses are so neat.

I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.

And I think that, given the opportunity, somebody could really learn a lot just being around me and the girls because it's really nonstop, 24/7 brainstorming and creativity and just trying to get organized and really pack a lot into a day - being there nonstop with all engines blazing.

I wake up sometimes with an idea and then I write it down. It's not necessarily easy, but when you focus on something it comes.

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.

I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.

I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there - and when I get stuck, which happens often, I take the dogs for a walk. But during the time when I'm not actually writing, I'm thinking.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel stupid. I feel as if I'm wasting my time.

Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

As I get older, I become more imaginative and feel like I have maybe a shorter time to get a lot of things going on in my mind done.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

On a good day I write, all day.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.