Tony Orlando Quotes

I just write the books that I think I would want to read.

I really write for people.

My true nature, I believe, is writing.

You write, hoping to write a good book; that's it.

I don't think anyone is ever writing so that you can throw it away. You're always writing it to be something. Later, you decide whether it'll ever see the light of day. But at the moment of its writing, it's always meant to be something. So, to me, there's no practicing; there's only editing and publishing or not publishing.

I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write.

Listen, I wrote 10 unsuccessful books before I broke through, so I'm looking all the time to keep my books fascinating. I want to write what people want to read, not push any message.

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

I want to write more, because I think I've got a story to tell.

There's actually nothing interesting about me except what I write.

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

I never thought of myself as a writer.

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private.

I write what's given me to write.

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

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

Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.

When I write books, I've learned not to have any expectations that I'm going to change the world.

I think that I have every right to write a book. I think I'm interesting. I have perspective about me.

I feel, as an artist, it's important for me to write, and that's a big part of what my journey is - being able to write my stories and talk about stuff.