John Sandford Quotes

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 write all the time and I try to think of ideas all the time.

I love to stay at home and write.

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

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

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

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

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

I love writing. It's one of my favorite jobs. Of the things I get to do, I love sitting in a room and coming up with ideas, and I love going home and pounding them out.

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

I might be into writing... I'd like to try it someday. I always come up with some good ideas.

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

I am always trying to write.

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

I don't usually think of my writing as a 'challenge' because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid 'writer's block' all these years.

I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my imagination was vivid, and I used to write a lot of stories. I wrote a novel, which I still have, which is so awful.

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.

I never have found out all I want to know about writing and realize I never will.

I'm always curious about other writers' routines.