Rita Mae Brown Quotes

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novel, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you do like my novels, I commend your good taste.

It was a combination of an intense interest in children's literature, which I've always had, and the feeling that I'd just have a go and see if I could do it.

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 addicted to creating and writing.

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

If you don't write the book, the book ain't gonna get written.

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.

Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

Every single day, I write something new and record it.

The way you get better is putting words on the page and getting them behind you.

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

I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing. What happens is that you write when you're ready.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

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

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

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

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.

I always write about subjects which attract me because if I didn't, it would be awful, a failure.

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.

I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.

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

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.

The nice thing about writing at home is that it's almost as though I'm doing it already. I get out of bed thinking of my work, and I don't have to go anywhere to do it.

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