writing Quotes

Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else.

There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.

The moment I said I'd finished a book, I knew what would happen. There would be a bidding war, and I would end up with someone who'd got the fattest wallet, who had bought it because I'd written Harry Potter. That would have been why.

I don't think about who the audience is for my books.

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.