Kate Adie Quotes

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

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

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

You don't write a book to show off.

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

Every writer hopes his or her book will be its own thing.

One writes what one can, or has to, write.

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

I don't write about anything I don't want to write about. I like to think I could write about anything pretty much that I chose to. I have been asked to write songs about specific things, and I've always been able to come up with the goods.

I like writing my own stuff. If a book came along I would maybe do that.

When I'm writing, I don't really have much other guide than, 'As a reader, how would I respond to this?'

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

I didn't study writing. I didn't write anything substantial until I got to California.

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 like to write, and I try to be positive and optimistic.

I don't believe in writing for goals, or else I'd write essays.

When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!

You are the plays you write. How on earth could you write them otherwise? They're projections of your own predilections.

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.

When I read 'Greenberg,' I had a really strong sense if I could be any kind of writer I wanted to be, I'd be this kind of writer. And I felt like, even in my experiences, what writing I had done, even on a small scale, when it was good, it shared some quality with it.

Of course, I write. I have stories to tell. But I don't want to do superficial stuff any more.

When I started working on 'Stay With Me,' I thought it would take two years to complete the novel.

There is a certain joy in telling a story, and it gives me great pleasure to be a part of the process from scratch and say it the way I want to.

I feel, as an artist, it's important for me to write, and that's a big part of what my journey is - being able to write my stories and talk about stuff.