Lisa See Quotes

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

I always write the pieces I want to write.

There's actually nothing interesting about me except what I write.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

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

And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

I have dreamt of being an author since the age of 14, and writing about my experiences has always been a part of digesting an experience and sharing it with others.

I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.

What I tell young writers is to find those things that you're so passionate about that your energy doesn't run away.

I think that I have every right to write a book. I think I'm interesting. I have perspective about me.

Over time, I decided to take up only those stories I love.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is to write the book that you would want to read, and hope other people agree.

I can only write what I would be interested in.

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

I've always been a writer.

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.

I just write the books that I think I would want to read.

I started blogging a decade ago because I like blogging. Writing's a kind of lonely thing to do, and I liked the idea of demystifying the process because I loved it as a kid and teenager and as somebody who wanted desperately to write.

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready.

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

I wanted to write.

I just write what I want to write.

I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.