Terrance Hayes Quotes

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

Only a reader can become a writer. Develop a lively intellect and the ability to become interested in anything, no matter how mundane it might seem at first. Look for the story. Develop an eye for detail. Feed your mind and your brain: learn as much as you can about everything you can.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature.

I'm constantly creating and writing.

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

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

You become a great writer by writing.

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

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the different ways people speak. Read lots of different kinds of books. And then try writing in different voices and styles - don't be afraid to experiment.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer.

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

I love writing different things.

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.