Joseph Chilton Pearce Quotes

I think all writing is done through memory.

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me.

You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

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

All experience helps when you write.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

I learned how to write television scripts the same way I have learned to do almost everything else in my entire life, which is by reading.

My writing process is a mix of research, personal experiences, washing the dishes, raising kids while thinking - then writing.

When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did.

I tend to research as I write so that the narrative can take priority, which is important for a piece of fiction, I think, finding out facts as and when I need to.

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.

You have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical, people get bored. They are disappointed. They are expecting a more dynamic, creative, artistic thing to say. What I want to say is: you have to be practical.

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.

I had a strong desire to write and some free time.

You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.

I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.

Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.

You can't be a storyteller and a speechwriter at the same time.

For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things that I maybe only knew a little bit about before.

If you have some natural talent and really want to write, you should read the books of someone who's very successful in your genre. You don't want to plagiarize, but you want to learn from that author.