Christopher Buckley Quotes

I was not especially a writer back in college.

I've figured out in the course of my life that the one thing I'm good at doing is writing books, and it would be crazy to trade that in for something else.

Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family.

Everyone who knew me as a child, they say they're not surprised that I became a writer because I wrote all the time. I don't remember writing, because I wouldn't have had the tools, but I think what they are saying is that I would pretend I was a writer.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is who I am. The choice is how good you are going to be at it and how hard you are going to work.

I've written since I was 10 years old, so I guess I'm self-taught. I've had some luck along the way, I must admit, and I've worked hard.

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

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.

There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky.

Good writers are of necessity rare.

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later made me think it was possible to be a writer.

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

One of my fears is not writing. I don't know how to do anything else.

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.

Honestly, I feel pretty awed anytime I meet just about any writer. I get how hard it is to write and make a living from it, but there's also this almost magical force you need to tap into, and I'm amazed by anyone who can do it.

A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.

I have been writing since I was old enough to spell. I have never considered not writing.

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.