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The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.

When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.

One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as 'The Author.'

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

If you want to become a writer, you do need to be willing to make sacrifices.

Writing is something that's great because you get to write every thought that's on your mind; you take your time.

I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.

One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, 'Right. Now I understand how this is done.'

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.