Matthew Mercer Quotes

I am not a writer.

I'm not a great writer.

I don't call myself a writer.

I am not a trained writer.

I don't think of myself as a writer.

I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.

I can't emphasize enough how much of a writer I am.

I prefer writing originals.

You become a great writer by writing.

Call me the author.

I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order they should be placed in an attempt to keep someone's attention and perhaps provide them with a laugh or two along the way.

I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write.

I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.

Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel.

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

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.

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

I never thought of myself as a writer.

It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting doesn't inhibit the creative flow. When I was at school there was a huge focus on copying and testing and it put me off words and stories for years.

I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

Writers are people who put pen to paper every day.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

I don't know how I do it, but I've written about everything. I've written about my shoes.