Nanci Griffith Quotes

I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.

I'm constantly writing.

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

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

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

I write constantly about everything.

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

I don't know if I am a good, average, or bad writer, but I write fast. Everything I observe, my experiences and imagination come together while writing.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

I'm pretty much writing all the time.

I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.

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

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

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

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.

The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing.

It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

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

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

I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.

I'm not a great writer.

I don't care about writing really.

I am always trying to write.