Mal Peet Quotes

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

Humans are very complex; I definitely have a new respect for authors that are able to write books nonstop. It's an incredible talent.

Many, many people can write books. I just happen to be one of them.

People do write books.

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

You become a great writer by writing.

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.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it.

I do enjoy working with writers.

I don't think there's a difference between writing for a newspaper or magazine and doing a chapter in a book.

Big Night and The Impostors are both things that I wrote.

I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.

I want to write books.

I would say, number one, don't worry about getting published. Just write. Number two, just write. Three is make sure you read.

Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them, and you may be good enough to be publishable.

I spend about a year between novels.

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

My mother wrote a couple of romances when I was a kid, and I always saw books in our bookshelf with 'Schroeder' on the spine.

I feel I've got 10 books in me.

I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.

I don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.