Caroline Leavitt Quotes

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

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

I'd heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it.

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

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.

What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.

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

And I love writing. I've always loved writing.

I think there must be something wrong with me as a writer. Because all my friends who are writers find reasons to hate everything about their day. But I just love writing. I love starting the day with language and seeing if I can make something of it.

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

I love writing, and I love the solitude of the writing, in that you're just sitting there creating something from nothing, or a new story for characters you love and care about.

I loved the writing process. I loved it.

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

Writing will remain a passion project.

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 telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for.

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

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.

I wanted to write.

For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.

Once I finished 'Eileen,' I wanted to write more novels. I don't see myself stopping any time soon.

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself.

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