Teresa Medeiros Quotes

The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.

It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing.

The biggest kick is reading something new and exciting and then getting other people to share your enthusiasm. Beyond all the cant and hypocrisy in publishing, that's what it's all about.

I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself.

There are tons of really good writers out there, but for one reason or another, they just have not had the support that allowed them to build audiences.

I don't give plots to Harold Robbins or Graham Greene, because they don't need them, but a lot of authors do.

I could have been a writer.

Fiction needs writers and readers, and writers should cultivate both.

'The Paris Review's mandate has been the same for fifty years. First and foremost, this magazine is for writers; the editors' task is to support and celebrate them, especially at the beginning of their careers, but also as they move forward, venturing stories that are creative, risky, new.

Just as readers often turn into writers, novel-writers often become novel-reviewers.

People never read my books for the quality of the documentary value.

I like very much to read novels. I like very much some writers.

I started writing my own things when I was about 8.

I wrote a novel, so now they can call me a novelist. I tell stories; that's it.

Much like film, authors spend a fair amount of time alone in the creative process, tossing their work out into what can feel like an abyss, void of real people.

When people ask me for secrets to writing, I say, 'Read to write.'

I follow only one rule in my writing, and that is to be interesting. If the story is interesting to you, the writer, then it will probably be interesting to somebody else.

I really need so much time to really make headway on a novel that requires me to disappear from the world in a way.

I remember seeing stories on Wattpad with five million reads and thinking, 'That must be incredible.'

There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines and newspapers, teaching writing, editing books, representing authors.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is to write the book that you would want to read, and hope other people agree.

I am actually hoping to write a series of books! The Amazon was the first one I got finished and have managed to get published! I have plenty more ideas up my sleeve!

I would be honored if someone reads my books and it inspires them to write their own work.

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

My favourite authors are Jeffrey Archer, for his story telling skills; John Grisham, for the completely new genre he created; and James Patterson, for the way he created a new business model out of writing.