Jennifer Donnelly Quotes

I love writing, it's the center of my life. If you don't love what you do, you'd better find something else to love. Otherwise, you don't have a reason for living.

I wrote because I had to. I couldn't stop. There wasn't anything else I could do. If no one ever bought anything, anything I ever did, I'd still be writing. It's beyond a compulsion.

The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love.

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says.

I love painting so much that nothing else matters.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.

My beloved husband goes through radiation, and a book of sonnets is my passionate response. And then after he dies, I write another book of poems as a farewell. The two keywords here are passion and joy. I simply have a passion for writing, and I do it with joy.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.

I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.

I love food. I'm not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing.

Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free time, I choose to write and edit.

I love a lot of things, and I'm pretty much obsessive about most things I do, whether it be gardening, or architecture, or music. I'd be an obsessive hairdresser.

To write, you need to find what you love.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

You love what you do, you are cursed with it, and then you get known for being cursed with it.

You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great in your 20s, but it's not so great at 35. It has to be absolute love. You can't worry about being a movie star or anything else. Just love. That's it.

Writing was, is, and will always be my favorite job.

It's easy to get discouraged; just keep writing because you love to do it, and you'll keep improving.

I love writing, and I think I'm kind of a workaholic. I'm happiest when I'm working.