Catherine Gaskin Quotes

I don't care about writing really.

If you don't like or care about your job, what's the big deal?

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 still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

A writer is what I am.

I can't write. I would love to. I don't really have an interest in it, to be honest. I'll leave that to my fiance.

I love to write. It's my first love.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

I think what I like best is that when people give talks or workshops, it doesn't really matter what level you are as a writer - whether you are a beginner, or you've been around the block a bit; there's something that you can take away from every session.

I never think that any writer can teach someone how to write.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff gets bought, so it's all right.

I want to become a very good writer.

Writing is a lot of fun for me; that's not to say it's easy, but I really do enjoy it.

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

I never thought of myself as a writer.

I have written ever since I knew mechanically how to do it.

If you're a writer, you're always working.

I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became 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.

My favorite pastime is to write.

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa.

Writers are born, not made. We can hone the craft. We need to try to encourage someone and make a dialogue, suggesting ways to do something differently or how to improve.