Russell Freedman Quotes

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

You can't sit down and decide what you want to write about.

Knowing what I'll write about and what I won't has never really been a problem. I won't write about things that bore me.

If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.

I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.

Every artist wants an audience, and it's incredible to me how books take on a life of their own and reach people whom you could never meet. That's what got me interested in writing in the first place.

I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself.

Things happen in your life, and then you can write something else instead of the same three topics - like, how many times can we write about the clubs?

I follow only one rule in my writing, and that is to be interesting. If the story is interesting to you, the writer, then it will probably be interesting to somebody else.

I'm way into writing, as much as I can.

We write when the time comes, and we try to be exciting, and stuff that excites us usually makes the record.

I'm finding writing very fascinating.

Write what you love and love what you write.

It's tough to know what I'm going to write about. I never really know until it starts happening.

Sometimes you don't really know what you're going to write about. I mean, there's times where you get into a writing room and it's a complete flop. And then there's times where you get to a writing room and you're like, 'Oh, I'm just on a roll.'

I don't really like to just sit down at a computer and write, because that tends to be a little forced.

I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She challenged us to write creatively and praised my work, but most importantly, she treated writing like it was important.

I'd heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it.

I like to write lyrics when I feel it, and because of that, I like to keep a log of lyrics all the time.

Some writers sit down every day for two or three hours, at least, to write, whether they are in the mood or not. Others wait for inspiration.

I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing.

Read as much as possible, especially the work of writers who most deeply affect you. Make those writers your family. Never wait for inspiration to strike before getting to work; be disciplined and form the habit of writing every day.

I get a lot of energy from making things up, which is why I feel I'm a novelist.