Ezra Furman Quotes

I am always trying to write.

I love writing. It's one of my favorite jobs. Of the things I get to do, I love sitting in a room and coming up with ideas, and I love going home and pounding them out.

As authors, we know that it is very difficult to unleash one's creativity.

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.

I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done.

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'm not a believer that you have to write every day. If I felt industrious, I'd spend ten hours a week writing. The writing is going on all the time in my head; the trick is to capture it. Showers are great. Traffic jams are great.

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

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.

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

I'm always curious about other writers' routines.

I love to stay at home and write.

Sometimes you don't really know what you're going to write about. I mean, there's times where you get into a writing room and it's a complete flop. And then there's times where you get to a writing room and you're like, 'Oh, I'm just on a roll.'

My method is, I just sit down and write a book.

I would say, number one, don't worry about getting published. Just write. Number two, just write. Three is make sure you read.

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.

I'm constantly writing.

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.

I used to get up and write every day, even if I wasn't working on a specific thing. Now, when I have a thing I'm in the middle of, I do that, but when I'm not, time can go by when I'm not writing at all.

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

The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will be, I don't know.

The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.