Sarah Waters Quotes

I remember the absolute joy I used to get out of writing. The purity of imagining something and then putting it down on paper - it was such a pleasure. I read whatever I could get my hands on, from 'Great Expectations' to 'The Thorn Birds.'

I enjoy writing.

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

As an author, I've never forgotten how to daydream.

Writing is a lot of fun for me; that's not to say it's easy, but I really do enjoy it.

If I knew a story page by page before I started writing it, I just wouldn't do it. The process of discovery is really important for my own enjoyment.

My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.

I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my imagination was vivid, and I used to write a lot of stories. I wrote a novel, which I still have, which is so awful.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.

I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.

To me, writing is the most fun. It's not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you want, it's then you can say, 'It's fun, boy.'

Call me the author.

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

I just want to sit in my room and write books.

When I'm writing my blog, I think of myself at 13 years old, back in St. Louis, daydreaming about Hollywood.

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

I write novels and other things.

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

I'd love to maybe try writing. I don't know if I'd publish anything, but as a hobby, it's really nice. I bought a typewriter, and I really like to write on the typewriter sometimes. It's a fun little hobby.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

As long as you have ideas, you can keep going. That's why writing fiction is so much fun: because you're moving people about, and making settings for them to move in, so there's always something there to keep working on.

I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.

I would love to meet J.K. Rowling and tell her how much I admire her writing and am amazed by her imagination. I read every 'Harry Potter' book as it came out and looked forward to each new one. I am rereading them now with my kids and enjoying them every bit as much. She made me look at jelly beans in a whole new way.