Patti Smith Quotes

My life revolves around my writing, my wife and my son.

I feel I've got 10 books in me.

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 wrote my first novel when my daughter was about six months old.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

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

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.

Producing words isn't a problem for me. And I usually write two books at a time. When one horse gets winded, you jump on the other.

I love to stay at home and write.

I'd like to know what I could do if I really had the time to spend on writing a book, with no columns or shows to do at the same time.

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

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

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

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.

What I do is not go outside. My hobby is that I write, so if I'm not acting or being a mom, I'm writing.

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

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

Everyone has early fiction fantasies, but it wasn't until my second child Betsy was born that I allowed the urge to write a novel bubble up.

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

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.

Sometimes I write less than I'd like but do research. Other times, editor's notes or a copy-edited manuscript or page proofs for a forthcoming novel mean that I need to put my attentions elsewhere for a day or two, but I always come back to writing.

Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent.

Every single day, I write something new and record it.