29th June 2016 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, creating isn't easy, artist integrity, writing, Tom Cooper |
"I wrote the kind of book I want to read. I was as authentically myself as I could be. That's tougher than some people would think."
"Anyone who writes knows that the most complicated thing is the rendering of events and characters in such a way that they are not realistic but real. In order for this to happen it is necessary to believe in the story one is working on."
"What all writers need to be reminded of from time to time: that this thing we do, this thing we've devoted our lives to, is supposed to be fun."
"It's gotta be with a great sense of fun! Writing is not a serious business. It's a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun at it. Ignore the authors who say, 'oh, my god, what work.' No, to hell with that! ...If it's work, stop it, and do something else."
"At some point, you have to say 'I'm the writer, it's my job to figure out where I'm going to go with it,' you know?"
"Dangerous writing is not serial killers or speed-crazed race car drivers. What makes writing dangerous is something much more personal. To write dangerous is something much more personal. To write dangerous is to go to parts of ourselves that we know exist but try to ignore—parts that are sad, sore; parts that are silent, and heavy. Taboo. Things that won't leave us alone."
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