Candace Bushnell Quotes

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.

Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper.

Like most art forms, writing is part instinct and part craft. The craft part is the part that can be taught, and that can make a crucial difference to lots of writers.

I'm finding writing very fascinating.

The old handbook on writing is 'Write what you know.' I come from an autobiographical starting place almost all of the time, but it would be a mistake to presume that I'm not using fiction to extend the narrative.

All experience helps when you write.

I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

At the beginning of writing fiction, too much of the newspaper style was getting into the prose, so I thought, 'Gee, I should try writing longhand. Maybe I can tap something that goes back to the point before I could type.'

I've been writing for a long time.

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

Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my process on different things, but I will say this: The more you write, the better you get at it. That's one of the few things that's markedly true.

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

Read and write with a sensitive ear. The craft of writing is very important. Practice the craft.

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.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

Writing is not an unknown territory for me.

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me.

Doing interesting things and then writing about them is the best way to become a good writer.

I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill.

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

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.

Writing 'when you find me,' it really exposed me to a way of putting together a story I hadn't thought of.