For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
I wanted to live the life my characters were living, so I rented a yacht and sailed from Naples to Capri before taking a helicopter back. Got to write the whole thing off as research on my taxes.
Writers are lucky. Whatever the mood, no matter the longing, the writer can use his words to connect himself to any world he wishes to visit.
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals.
The reason I'm here today, the reason I own a brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle and the reason I have a big log cabin and I got cars and all kinds of stuff is because I'm a writer and writers own everything. So you learn how to write.
The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away.
One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
You sometimes use the excuse, 'I'm a writer, dammit, I can do anything I want,' but that doesn't work.
