Don Winslow Quotes

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

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

I write constantly about everything.

I am always trying to write.

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

I like to write. Prolific is part of who I am.

I'm one of those writers that have always worked on multiple things.

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

I'm constantly writing.

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to.

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

I love to stay at home and write.

When I wrote my novel, 'The Ministry of Special Cases,' I couldn't even brush my teeth. I had to write in isolation from everything else. I thought a play would take away from my fiction, but the more projects I work on, the more time I have.

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

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.