Humphrey Carpenter Quotes

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.

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you born a writer?' And I don't think it's necessarily true. I just think what you either have or you don't is this ability to see something that's complex and worth talking about.

The most amazing gift about being a novelist is that you get to pursue your curiosity every day.

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

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

Blank paper has always inspired me.

I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

I started writing stories as a child.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

I might be into writing... I'd like to try it someday. I always come up with some good ideas.

I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift.

The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.

There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from.

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

I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.

I love writing different things.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it.