Tony DiTerlizzi Quotes

I got into writing because books and stories were always a big part of my life. I loved listening to them and then reading them, and I loved making them up.

I guess I'm just inspired to tell stories.

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.

I started writing stories as a child.

There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.

I find that it's really important for me to imagine characters and situations. That allows me a lot of freedom.

I think that one of the things you have to do to become a storyteller is spend a lot of time reading stories.

For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue yesterday's dream today, something you can't normally do in everyday life.

I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along.

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.

Literature has always been the greatest fuel for my imagination.

There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.

I love the magic of stories and the power of stories.

I've sort of always been obsessed with telling stories and making things up.

I'm often asked how I get ideas for my stories. The answer is there's no single way; every story is different.

Even as a little kid, I told lots of stories, and I wrote them down, and I loved reading fiction and fantasy.

A lot of things that I write about have happened to people around me, if not necessarily to me or in the organizations I've worked in. Having said that, it's fiction and has a lot to do with my imagination and creativity.

I appreciate hearing different stories. It inspires me.

Writers do not write what they know. They write what they can imagine.

Readers would email me and say, 'Please write a novel about so-and-so,' but it has to come from yourself and not so much from your readership.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

As a writer, it is always fun to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes.