Nathan Englander Quotes

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.

It really helped me as a writer to understand how other writers think.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I think one of the keys to better writing is releasing all of your ideas and to not be afraid. Dream big. This could be the greatest novel in the world you know.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel.

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.

I never think that any writer can teach someone how to write.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I love writing different things.

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

A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in common - the desire to write - could almost be considered meaningless.

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

I don't know if I am a good, average, or bad writer, but I write fast. Everything I observe, my experiences and imagination come together while writing.

Mostly, I would like people to ask other writers about the craft of their writing so we could learn from one another. We ask movie directors why they chose to use certain lights and angles and speeds of film, but most of the time, we ignore the craft of a writer.

I think I always have many ideas for books in my head. It's like a forest full of mushrooms. Some are big, some are small.

A lot of young writers ask me about my process. They know what they want to write - but they need to know how. What's the right way? How do the professionals do it? What's the secret?

I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing.

Whether it's 'Fish' or 'Annabel Scheme' or 'The Truth About the East Wind,' I often find myself crafting custom containers to hold the kind of content I want to create.

Writing is the thing that pervades my whole day - I'm always wondering how I might describe something or improve my understanding. I'm constantly trying to remember an eavesdropped conversation or an idea for a story.

I'm finding writing very fascinating.

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.