Macaulay Culkin Quotes

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

I don't know if I want to be a writer.

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.

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 probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff gets bought, so it's all right.

I always thought it'd be fun to write something, but it never was an ambition of mine, per se.

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.

'Some day,' I said, 'I will be an author.'

My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also.

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

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

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.

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams... Motivation? The memory of the rush I get from a really good writing session - even on a bad day, I know I'll find that again if I keep going.

Unfortunately, I don't get to read nearly as much as I want because I'm always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper columns.

I write constantly about everything.

Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations.

If you think about becoming a writer, that's just really one of the big dreams I had. It's really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions.

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

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

I am always trying to write.

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

All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to.

At Marvel, I was lucky enough to work with really talented people, but I always had this nagging thought: 'One day I'll write my own stories.'