Bruce Coville Quotes

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

There is a plethora of topics to explore. I sometimes think I may never live long enough to explore all of the unique story lines I have either in my head or waiting in my computer file.

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another book as much as I enjoy this one.' Every time, I'm convinced. And then I change my mind when I start the next book.

The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.

There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from.

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to your writing must consist of your longings and disappointments.

A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.

I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'

I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that life had to offer. I think I wrote my very first piece of fiction at the age of 12, but then I didn't write any more for quite a long time.

The most amazing gift about being a novelist is that you get to pursue your curiosity every day.

You don't have to go fight bulls in Spain like Hemingway to write something great, or go off to war. It's right under your nose.

I remember the absolute joy I used to get out of writing. The purity of imagining something and then putting it down on paper - it was such a pleasure. I read whatever I could get my hands on, from 'Great Expectations' to 'The Thorn Birds.'

I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.

The reason I start a novel is because there's something that excites me and I want to explore it.

Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.

When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

Blank paper has always inspired me.