Taika Waititi Quotes

I think anyone can write about anything that they have knowledge of and exposure to.

I don't know how I do it, but I've written about everything. I've written about my shoes.

All experience helps when you write.

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.

What provides you with subject matter is your own language - and that's all.

I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

I think what I like best is that when people give talks or workshops, it doesn't really matter what level you are as a writer - whether you are a beginner, or you've been around the block a bit; there's something that you can take away from every session.

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

I don't care about writing really.

The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they write about people and places and events and conflicts they are familiar with. That way their writing will be real and hopefully readers will respond to it. I try to take my own advice.

I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember.

Writing has to support itself.

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.

I write out of my intellectual experience.

Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education makes one a writer.

I can't emphasize enough how much of a writer I am.

I've been writing for a long time.

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

I'm writing; I'm teaching myself writing.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.