J. A. Konrath Quotes

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.

I have grown in my writing and I care about it now and I know how important it is to write stuff.

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

I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.

I don't care about writing really.

I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer.

After so many years, I don't really think writing has to be absolutely new. No. It has to be good work.

I'm not as good a prose writer as I'd like to be, but I never aspired to that.

I'm writing; I'm teaching myself writing.

I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words.

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

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.

The way to write is well, and how is your own business.

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

All experience helps when you write.

I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.

Writing is a workout, just like going for a run!

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.

I'm not a great writer.