I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write. Anne McCaffrey
I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound. Terry McMillan
I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there. Anthony Bourdain
I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time. Bret Easton Ellis
I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere. Harlan Coben
I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they can also be fantastical, so it's nice to have a setting that grounds them a little bit. John Green
I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself. Simone Elkeles
I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny. Paula Danziger
I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those hours or eventually decide not to be a writer. Harlan Coben
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about. Dan Brown
I realised that I had always been writing things that other people wanted me to write and not what I really wanted to write, so I felt like I was losing my way. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. Michael Connelly
I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again. Robert Crais
I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are. Robert Cormier
I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills. Jeremy Lin