Debi Gliori Quotes

One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.

Writers are people who put pen to paper every day.

I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.

Like most art forms, writing is part instinct and part craft. The craft part is the part that can be taught, and that can make a crucial difference to lots of writers.

I've been writing for a long time.

As soon as I could write, I was writing stories.

It really helped me as a writer to understand how other writers think.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.

Writing will remain a passion project.

Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my process on different things, but I will say this: The more you write, the better you get at it. That's one of the few things that's markedly true.

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that can be taught. There is no standard way of doing it, just as there is no means of telling, while you're doing it, whether you're doing it well or badly. And merely because you've done it well once doesn't mean you can do it well again.

To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.

Call me the author.

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me.

Doing interesting things and then writing about them is the best way to become a good writer.

I enjoy writing.

All experience helps when you write.

I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just sit down and start writing. I don't sit down and start writing and it comes out perfectly - it's a process.

Writing is something I want to explore. If I were to do it, I would want it to be not a book made by a YouTuber; I would really want to respect that craft of literature and just be an author.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift.

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.