Lawrence Sanders Quotes

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

What I tell young writers is to find those things that you're so passionate about that your energy doesn't run away.

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

I think about fanaticism - oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so you have to be a fanatic; you have to be a crank to keep going, but on the other hand, what else would you do with the rest of your life? You gotta do something.

Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that.

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.

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.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

I always thought it'd be fun to write something, but it never was an ambition of mine, per se.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

The writing comes first for me. Not Facebook, not Twitter, not the Internet or signings or merchandise, or 'the career.' Everything begins and ends with the writing for me, and I build my entire life around sitting my butt down 365 days a year.

I love writing. Writing has been very good to me.

I didn't really get serious about my own writing until I was convinced it was something that I wanted to do, that I wanted to spend that much time alone.

What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.'

I try to be a good father, and my kids are the most important thing in my life.

For many years, tennis was the most important thing in my life. That was great. Nothing wrong with that.

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.

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

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

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

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.

Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had.