O. Henry Quotes

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

I never have an intended audience. I just write, you know.

The great liberation of imaginative writing is that you're not held back by the facts.

I first wrote for adults, but when I started writing for young people, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life. I was able to express my own deepest feelings far more than I ever could when writing for adults.

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

I am the freest author in the world.

I just write what I want to write.

As far as I'm concerned, freedom is the most important thing to creativity. You should feel free to write in whatever way, whatever language, feels comfortable to you.

The wonderful thing about writing fiction is that no one is stopping you. There's no one saying, 'You can't do that.'

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc.

There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.

I'm lucky enough to exist in 2018, where I have a record label that's like, 'Write whatever you want to write.' I don't have to hide anything.

There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.

I feel you should be able to write about whatever you want.

If I start playing by the rules, I will inhibit myself of the possibilities that lie beyond. I don't like to be framed or given borders to operate in or curtail my thought process and as a writer it's not only my choice but also my need to go beyond the given framework.

Anyone can put anything out at any point and make anything by themselves.

That's what I love about writing is you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing.

Novelists should be free to write whatever they want, to let their imaginations roam as close to or as removed from reality as they see fit.

I've experienced a lot of creative freedom because I'm on a family label. It was nice to put out what I wanted to say and do what I wanted to do.

I don't have anything to prove as a writer anymore. I write about Panera Bread or Red Lobster or Satan or Richard Ramirez or whatever comes to mind. I just write.

You write things that are of interest to you. There's no focus group.

I am free to write the worst junk in the world.

Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. Anything at all .... as long as you tell the truth.