Joss Whedon Quotes

I loved the writing process. I loved it.

I'd heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it.

I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.

There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.

I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'

I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.

It's always struck me as unfair that writing has so little sensation when it's going well.

Write. Enjoy writing. Then, and only then, worry about the business end of it. Start loving your hobby, and then you can't go too wrong.

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

At the outset, my notion of being a writer was that you would have moments of inspiration and moments of frustration, when you'd crumple up your pages and toss them away. On one side, the dustbin would fill up, and on the other side, pages would rise into a novel.

If you're writing a novel, you're in a room for three or four years. There's not much coming in from the outside.

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

I'm constantly coming up with new strategies for getting to the mental place where writing is so joyous and playful that I almost can't help putting the words down.

The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.

All my books were easy to write - doesn't it show?

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

I think there must be something wrong with me as a writer. Because all my friends who are writers find reasons to hate everything about their day. But I just love writing. I love starting the day with language and seeing if I can make something of it.

I enjoy the research and love actually creating the words. There's not too much I find a drudge when it comes to writing.

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write.

My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I 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.

The writing life is one long, never-ending search for narrative. Well, it's not even a conscious searching. It happens even while you're busy buying groceries and when you're fast asleep. It's a curse.