Dave Ramsey Quotes

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

There is a plethora of topics to explore. I sometimes think I may never live long enough to explore all of the unique story lines I have either in my head or waiting in my computer file.

You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.

I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I write to satisfy the story or poem or piece of fascinating research that speaks to me. To rub a sore, to resonate with joy, to answer a question no one else has satisfactorily answered for me.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.

I have so many themes I want to explore, so many questions I'd like to raise and develop, and hopefully, I'll get to do just that.

I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.

Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act.

If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.

There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this sentence.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.

Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.

The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk to people and visit interesting places, and don't forget to ask questions. To be a writer you need to drink in the world around you so it's always there in your head.

Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.

I hate thinking about writer's block! I don't have writer's block much, knock on wood, but if I do, I think it's usually because I haven't done enough research and am therefore unable to create a fully realized world.

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

Each book first begins with a little idea.

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.