Jasper Fforde Quotes

Writing's another expression of art, really, that I'm just kind of discovering as I go.

Writing is the act of discovery.

I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.

When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings.

Writing is an incessant process of discovery.

My identity started developing through the songs I was writing.

As an artist, you keep learning. You draw out different parts of you.

As an artist, I want to explore as much as I can.

I wrote poetry and short stories. I would send them to magazines; they wouldn't get in. But short stories are how I found philosophy and how I'd understand the world.

I always find another version of myself in each of my films.

Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.

I'm learning more about life when I'm playing too, and writing music. I'm learning more about life, the connection.

One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters.

You get caught up in a cycle at some point, so I broke the cycle and decided; I'm going to really write a lot of books, because I need to get in touch with that part of myself in order to make more music.

Sometimes I find myself at three o'clock in the morning painting something and throwing things around and seeing what works. I'd like to properly study fine art. I think it would be quite an interesting endeavor.

The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from the Creator. 4. Write what you will.

The Artist's Way is a spiritual journey, a pilrimage home to the self.

I write every day and I just love doing it. It's just... it's just a wonderful thing. Some of my stories work, some of them don't work. Some of them are wild and I love them, but they certainly don't fit into any kind of a normal system that I know about.

Writing a poem is discovering.

Sometimes for a lot of new artists, they don't have a vision, really, or know what they want to say; it's kind of drawn out for them. But me, because I'm such a transcendental thinker, it's always like a journey and an adventure with each project. It's like going through a different doorway each time.

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories.

I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

Being an artist, it's all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.