Sonja Sohn Quotes

I've figured out in the course of my life that the one thing I'm good at doing is writing books, and it would be crazy to trade that in for something else.

I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.

I must say, it was a lot easier writing novels than I thought it would be. I think it's because I'm a novelist at heart, and it took me a while to figure that out.

I'm not a natural writer like, let's say - I'm not talking about Arthur Miller; that's a whole other thing - but let's say Woody Allen. But the more I've written, the more I've found that there is a deep well in me somewhere that wants to express things that I'm not going to find unless I write them myself.

I always wrote from a very young age, literally from the time I learned how to read and write.

Once I started writing, I realized just how much I really enjoyed it. I was kinda good at it, so I kept at it.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later made me think it was possible to be a writer.

I have grown in my writing and I care about it now and I know how important it is to write stuff.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

Nobody really knows whether they are a poet. I knew I was interested from the age of 15.

One of the things you get to do as a writer is that you get to learn new stuff all the time, and I hope that I'm a better writer when I'm 70 than I was when I was 30. That's one of the great things about a literary career.

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to write poetry.

Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it.

If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.

I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you born a writer?' And I don't think it's necessarily true. I just think what you either have or you don't is this ability to see something that's complex and worth talking about.

I didn't start thinking about what I wanted to do professionally until I was 17. I was a hippie, but I did write.

If I could chat with anyone, it would be Claire Messud, because I think she could tell me how to get better as a writer as I age.

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer.

I've always been able to write. I've always been able to put a good essay in or say whatever I wanted to say through the pen. That was a gift of mine. I feel like it was what I was meant to do.

I started writing for myself because I know how to write for myself. I know how to show what I can do.

I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.