Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.
I've never written a book before.
It's odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, 'I've been reading you all my life.' It makes you feel a slight chill.
I spend about a year between novels.
I hate to write! But I love to talk, so I'm told that when people read my books, it like I'm there just talking with them.
I really appreciate what it takes to create a book. I understand the loneliness that it involves and the excitement and the vulnerability: I especially identify with that.
Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.
I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait.
I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to read them, because I've spent too long with them already. I'm not advertising them very well, am I?
I'm a rock climber, a high-altitude climber, an adventurer, a storyteller through my museums, and a writer of more than 50 books.
Writing is my favorite part of the job.
I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.
The book really comes to life in the rewriting.
Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.
As authors, we know that it is very difficult to unleash one's creativity.
I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
With my mother, Julie Andrews Edwards, I've authored such children's books as the 'Dumpy the Dump Truck' series, 'Dragon: Hound of Honor,' 'The Great American Mousical,' 'Simeon's Gift' and 'Thanks to You: Wisdom from Mother and Child.'
All I want is to be left alone to write my books.
I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
I never thought I would grow up writing a book.
Writing is a chore.
When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
The process of writing a book has given me a whole new reverence for writers. Mechanically, it is a brutal process; emotionally, it's incredibly healing.
anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.
Each new book is a tremendous challenge.
