Theresa Rebeck Quotes

If you wish to be a writer, write.

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

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

I would say, number one, don't worry about getting published. Just write. Number two, just write. Three is make sure you read.

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

I write constantly about everything.

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

I am always trying to write.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

I'm constantly writing.

I've always been a writer.

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing.

I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix.