Stanley Crouch Quotes

I'm sure every author has their own process.

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

I write constantly about everything.

I still write the same way and have the same perspective.

All writers have their own pet commandments.

So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.

As an observer, I'm analysing my reactions, I guess, and my thinking; but about the process of writing... I am not very talented at talking about what I do as a writer.

Writing is the thing that pervades my whole day - I'm always wondering how I might describe something or improve my understanding. I'm constantly trying to remember an eavesdropped conversation or an idea for a story.

I discovered that writing was very nice indeed when I was very young, and I never changed. I don't think my style has changed very much at all - though I hope what I say is a bit more interesting. It's about getting to know a character and loving them, I think.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that can be taught. There is no standard way of doing it, just as there is no means of telling, while you're doing it, whether you're doing it well or badly. And merely because you've done it well once doesn't mean you can do it well again.

I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.

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.

I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.

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

John McGovern taught me that it's OK to write repeatedly about the same things.

I mean, if you lined up 100 writers, you'd get 100 different ways in which they write. There's no right way or wrong way to do it; it's whatever your process is.

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.

Every writer has to find their own way into writing.

Writing - not being a writer with interesting habits - gets priority.

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

Write every day. Make writing a part of your life, but also don't be afraid of learning from others because I think you can. I still try to think of myself as a beginner because that way I can keep on learning.

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.