Bill McKibben Quotes

I wrote a novel, so now they can call me a novelist. I tell stories; that's it.

I don't call myself a writer.

Anybody could write a bad script, and I'm one of them, you know?

What I'd like to be above all is a writer.

I ain't no author, man... my writing skills are not of 'New York Times' best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My vocabulary ain't.

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.

I don't go around thinking I'm Ray Bradbury all the time.

I am not a writer.

I am not a political thinker. I'm not even much of a thinker. I'm a hack novelist.

I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them.

I only have one job, and that's being a storyteller.

The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.

Writing is an undertaking for the modest.

I'm not even the coolest one of my friends. I'm just the guy who sat down and wrote everything down. Like I know plenty of people who do crazier stuff than I do.

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography.

I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can.

The few words of a title are the hardest words for any author to come up with.

You become a great writer by writing.

Call me the author.

There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

Knock on wood, my groupies tend to be very artistic, creative people - sometimes way more creative than I am.

I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.

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.