Quotes by Writing Most of us start from that position of irony now and what I wanted to do - really felt like I had to do if I was going to write another novel - was move towards something like sincerity. Ben Lerner ironywritingmoving Experiments with the "as if" of fiction are often more lively in poetry and criticism and other modes of writing than in weak short stories or novels. Ben Lerner criticismwritingfiction I wasn't aware I'd write the novel when I wrote the New Yorker story either. And the narration of their construction in 10:04 is fiction, however flickering. Ben Lerner storieswritingfiction When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level. Ben Marcus levelsemotionalwriting To me one of the amazing technologies of writing is the way it can listen in on thoughts. I don't feel that that's natural to other art forms in the same way. Ben Marcus technologywritingart I always, at least back then, struggled with emotion in writing. I felt like I could do odd, unusual things, but there wouldn't be enough feeling in them, and maybe if there's a progression at all to anything that I've done it's that I've always wanted to have a high - an almost overwhelming - degree of feeling in what I write. Ben Marcus donefeelingswriting Teaching is all armchair. I learn about writing by writing and thinking about what I've written and throwing it away. Ben Marcus teachingwritingthinking I work a lot in the summers. My family goes to Maine, where we have a little house. My wife's a writer, too, and we can write for six hours a day and then play with the kids. Ben Marcus summerwritingkids I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories. Ben Mezrich stylewritingtrying There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich controversywritingway I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars. Ben Mezrich rocksstarswriting I write because I can’t sleep. Ben Mezrich because-i-cansleepwriting Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go out and live! Then never quit writing about it! Ben Mikaelsen never-quitwritingreality Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it. Ben Okri readingwritingbook The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. Ben Okri readerwriting It is not important for me as a writer that you leave a piece of writing of mine with either an agreement or even a resonance with what I have said. What is important is that you leave with the resonance of what you have felt and what you thought in reaction to that. Ben Okri importantagreementwriting I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. Ben Okri stresswritinghands I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry. Ben Okri circleswritingpast If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft Ben Okri officeperfectwriting The more PR buzzwords you include in your press release, the less likely I am to write you up Ben Parr press-releasereleasewriting«136137138139140141142143144145146»
