Bernard Cornwell Quotes

Writing, by nature, is a fairly solitary occupation.

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.

Usually I spend a long while working alone before letting anyone read what I've written.

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office, typing on your own.

Writing is a solitary occupation; we don't really have any colleagues.

When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.

I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.

Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.

I write in coffee shops, libraries, parks, museums. I get antsy and then get on my bike and go someplace else, letting the ideas spin around in my head as I dodge taxis.

I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.

I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.

Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted.

Writing is an incredibly lonely job.

I actually sat down and started three Alexanders at the same time. Two of them went in the trash and got stomped on because I hated the idea so much. And the one I came up with, I got very excited by. And that's 'Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever'.

When you're writing, it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea.

Writing is a lonely process.

For me, I definitely like quiet; I like to write alone.

I go to my office nearly every day, and I'll sit there for six or seven hours and come up with ideas, and that's the only way I can justify turning up on stage.

I don't know what idea is going to hit me when.