Quotes by Writing I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers. A. S. Byatt writing book people I'd like to write the way Matisse paints. A. S. Byatt paint writing way What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude. A. S. Byatt solitude light writing I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about. A. S. Byatt hated novelists writing I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible. A. S. Byatt pieces research writing I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite. A. S. Byatt venus writing thinking I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants. A. S. Byatt ants literature writing History, writing, infect after a time a man's sense of himself. A. S. Byatt writing men Well, I would hardly say I do write as yet. But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off. A. S. Byatt reading stones writing It's a terrible poison, writing. A. S. Byatt terrible poison writing The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free. A. S. Byatt research ease writing Good writing is always new. A. S. Byatt good-writing writing I do not want to be a relative and passive being, anywhere. I want to live and love and write. A. S. Byatt and-love want writing Freedom of discussion is in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury of twelve shopkeepers think it expedient should be said or written. A. V. Dicey insulting writing thinking The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down. A. Whitney Brown writing history past The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're a layer between our minds and the physical reality around us, obviously, but the layer seems like it's always in flux, like an asteroid belt, constantly moving. Aaron Belz writing reality moving Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems. Aaron Belz stars play writing I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough. Aaron Belz confusing real writing Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they've forced me to focus on the structure of ideas. Aaron Belz teaching writing ideas After the first few readings in comedy venues I did begin to write for laughs. There's something so gratifying about stimulating laughter. Aaron Belz laughter reading writing «1234567891011»