John Fletcher Quotes

I write in my own journal when something extraordinary or funny happens. And there's some nice imagery in there. I don't think of what to do with it.

I don't know, but I do think that everyone has a story to tell. The question is, can they find the voice and the confidence to tell it? We lack the encouragement as young people to believe this; we very often think that writing is for clever people, which it isn't.

I enjoy writing. I enjoy communicating and connecting.

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world.

I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

If you can talk, you can write.

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

I love to write and to get to know the people who are listening.

To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke. You learn all the skills - you learn to listen, you learn to take notes - everything you use later as a novelist was valuable training in the newspaper world. But I always wanted to write novels.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

I'm a writer. I've been a journalist for my whole adult life.

I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.

I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.

Storytelling is my true passion.

I've always wanted to be a writer, and I've kept journals since I was eight years old.

If I weren't acting, I'd study journalism because I love to write.

I ended up switching over to journalism in college. A few weeks into freshman year, I realized that business school wasn't for me. And writing stories and reading and talking to people is something that I just enjoy doing, so I figured why not try to build up a post-basketball career with that.

I was always writing. I've always been attracted to words and stories, communication.

I had a column in high school for our school newspaper. I enjoy writing.

Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.