Susan Orlean Quotes

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

If you just write the kinds of stories you think others will want to read, you'll be competing with cartoonists who are far more enthusiastic for that kind of comic than you are, and they'll kick your ass every time.

I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.

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

Everybody wants to feel that you're writing to a certain demographic because that's good business, but I've never done that ... I tried to write stories that would interest me. I'd say, what would I like to read?... I don't think you can do your best work if you're writing for somebody else, because you never know what that somebody else really thinks or wants.

When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid

I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie.

I discovered that writing was very nice indeed when I was very young, and I never changed. I don't think my style has changed very much at all - though I hope what I say is a bit more interesting. It's about getting to know a character and loving them, I think.

I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

I write what I'm interested in.

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.

It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.

And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

I despise writing in general, but yeah, I love writing the stuff that I direct.

I think the fundamental thing about writing fiction is that you write what interests you and what inspires you. It can't be forced. I see no need to write about anything else or any other type of world.

I've always loved writing. It was always what I wanted to do.

I've always been a writer and have always loved writing.

I have notebooks all over the place. I write little stories for my cabaret.

Over time, I decided to take up only those stories I love.

You care a lot about these stories you're writing, and you hope that someone else will care, too.

I make movies on the subjects that excite me.

I love writing. I never feel really comfortable unless I am either actually writing or have a story going. I could not stop writing.

In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written.