Meg Wolitzer Quotes

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

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 there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels.

I write characters and stories that move me, and I write from the heart.

Do me a favor - right now, today, start a list of all your crazy obsessions, the things that get your heart pumping, that wake you up in the middle of the night. Put it above your desk and use it to guide you, to jumpstart your writing each and every day.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

I always write about what interests me.

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers or readers. I write the story the way it comes to me.

As authors, we know that it is very difficult to unleash one's creativity.

Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!

If you're actually allowing your creative part to control your writing rather than a more commercial instinct or motive, then you'll find that all sorts of interesting things will bubble up to the surface.

It is very enjoyable, writing a story. You get this idea. It takes hold of you. And then you spend day and night thinking about how to do it. And then you do it. And much later, you think, 'Oh, yes. That's an interesting question.'

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.

For me, inspiration isn't a sort of spark which lights the fire of the story. It's more like a thread, one of many, which you can tease out of a story once it's written, if you feel so inclined.

Blank paper has always inspired me.

I prefer writing originals.

When I was 14, I would sit up in my room and write till my eyes would bleed.

I just write the books that I think I would want to read.

I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

I get passionate about certain subjects, and then I'll write a whole play around it.

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper.

I have never successfully written in the third person. If there's a rhythm or a musicality that interests me, I become obsessed with the character, and I just have this need to spend time with him or her. Sometimes I'll be in the park playing ball, and I'll hear a kid say something that I've never heard before. Sometimes one word can set me off.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.