Sarah Mlynowski Quotes

I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.

And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.

There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book.

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

I have always loved to read, and now that I have penned 10 novels and a few magazine articles, I have fallen seriously in love with writing stories and seeing them go out into the world. It's magical, you know?

Long before I fell in love with writing, I fell in love with reading. Sometimes, honestly, I feel like I'm cheating on my first love when I settle into my office chair to start work on the latest manuscript.

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.

Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who you are and whether or not they want to read your stories.

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

I think that you have to keep the reader front and centre if you're going to write something that people are going to love and be entertained by.

The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.

I love to write. It's my first love.

Every pilot I've ever written, I've fallen deeply and madly in love with. It's the only way I work.

I would say if you want to write, write what you care about. I think that's the most important thing. I think if you write what you care about, you stand a better chance of having the reader care about your story.

I became an author because I love words. I enjoyed playing with them when I was a kid, writing stories and plays, and doing whatever I could think to do with words. I kept my love of them growing up and still love to see what they can do.

I've always wanted to be a part of that experience of writing to an audience that is just starting to fall in love with books. When I felt that my writing for adults had become cemented, I decided to write a YA series.

I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch.

Literature has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think back before a time that I didn't love writing and reading. When I was really young, my mother would read poems to me. I loved Edgar Allan Poe - I am sure I didn't understand it, but I loved it.

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

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.