Sarah Waters Quotes

When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.

The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning, put on the coffee and sit down to write.

I'm of the ilk of writers that feels you have to be open to the inspiration.

I just write the stuff I want to at the time, what feels right for me.

I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back in and make the music. I never take a break from my pen, because I pride myself on that.

I write what I want to write.

You can't slot a time and a space and think 'ok now it's time to sit and compose.' It just doesn't work like that for me.

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.

I prefer writing originals.

I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I've written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write.

I always write the pieces I want to write.

I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done.

I always believed that whatever had to be written would somehow get itself written.

I write just knowing that I enjoy writing. But if I have to write, it seems like nothing comes. But when I go there for my own pleasure, the Lord might just give me loads of stuff all at once.

I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.

I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will be, I don't know.

The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

I just write what I want to write.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

I love to write. It's my first love.

People often ask writers where they get their inspiration, and for me, the short answer is that I haven't a clue; I'm just grateful that I get them.

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

An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're a grown-up, it doesn't matter if the book gets published and lots of people get to read it, or if you make just one copy and you share that book with one friend.

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.