--- title: "16 Writer Quotes By Christy Hall" description: "16 Writer quotes by Christy Hall. Plus more from Christy Hall and more Writer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/christy-hall-10789_creativity_when-a-solid-first-draft-of-an-original_2586548.jpg" --- > [“When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/when-a-solid-first-draft-of-an-original-tale-is-complete-you-feel-as/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/christy-hall-10789_creativity_when-a-solid-first-draft-of-an-original_2586548.jpg) > [“Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/don-t-fool-yourself-talking-about-writing-is-not-the-same-as-actually/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/christy-hall-10789_writer_don-t-fool-yourself-talking-about-writin_573016.jpg) > [“Nothing makes you feel smaller than New York City...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/nothing-makes-you-feel-smaller-than-new-york-city/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/christy-hall-10789_new-york-city_nothing-makes-you-feel-smaller-than-new_1106570.jpg) > [“I'm not gonna lie...sometimes this whole writing thing is a lonely business.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-m-not-gonna-lie-sometimes-this-whole-writing-thing-is-a-lonely/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/christy-hall-10789_business_i-m-not-gonna-lie-sometimes-this-whole-w_2966436.jpg) > [“Life baffles me most days. Maybe that's why I write. To try and make sense of it all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/life-baffles-me-most-days-maybe-that-s-why-i-write-to-try-and-make/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/christy-hall-10789_life_life-baffles-me-most-days-maybe-that-s-w_1791014.jpg) > [“I have written until I fell asleep with my computer on my lap. That can't be normal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-have-written-until-i-fell-asleep-with-my-computer-on-my-lap-that/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/christy-hall-10789_asleep_i-have-written-until-i-fell-asleep-with_424270.jpg) > [“I write because that is what I am supposed to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-write-because-that-is-what-i-am-supposed-to-do/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/christy-hall-10789_supposed_i-write-because-that-is-what-i-am-suppos_467150.jpg) > [“Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer? A: Explaining what that is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatre-book-writer-a-explaining/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/christy-hall-10789_book_q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatr_971457.jpg) > [“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/a-writer-writes-there-are-no-exceptions-to-this-reality-no-excuses/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/christy-hall-10789_inspirational_a-writer-writes-there-are-no-exceptions_524472.jpg) > [“A writing day is like any other day. Except I live in my pajamas, I forget to eat, and I suddenly look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/a-writing-day-is-like-any-other-day-except-i-live-in-my-pajamas-i/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/christy-hall-10789_humorous-quotes_a-writing-day-is-like-any-other-day-exce_2888619.jpg) > [“I've never been high. Writing is my drug of choice. You don't ever have to come down from that kind of high,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-ve-never-been-high-writing-is-my-drug-of-choice-you-don-t-ever-have/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/christy-hall-10789_write_i-ve-never-been-high-writing-is-my-drug_1113090.jpg) > [“My stories are my children. Some are sweet infants that I coddle and care for. Others are old enough now, they need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/my-stories-are-my-children-some-are-sweet-infants-that-i-coddle-and/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/christy-hall-10789_children_my-stories-are-my-children-some-are-swee_2174954.jpg) > [“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-know-it-s-difficult-in-the-beginning-but-listen-if-you-have-the/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/christy-hall-10789_inspirational_i-know-it-s-difficult-in-the-beginning-b_41901.jpg) > [“You know you are a writer when characters inside your brain keep demanding, 'This is my story! Now tell it or I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/you-know-you-are-a-writer-when-characters-inside-your-brain-keep/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/christy-hall-10789_write_you-know-you-are-a-writer-when-character_1254235.jpg) > [“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/most-days-writing-simply-requires-work-ethic-discipline-clarity-focus/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a9/christy-hall-10789_days_most-days-writing-simply-requires-work-e_2268352.jpg) > [“Occupation: Writer Occupational Hazard: Carpel tunnel Solution: Wrist guards to bed or my hands do all the sleeping Perspective: I've decided my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/occupation-writer-occupational-hazard-carpel-tunnel-solution-wrist/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/christy-hall-10789_career_occupation-writer-occupational-hazard-ca_348069.jpg) ## Other authors on Writer - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 229 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/stephen-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 197 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 180 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 166 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ernest-hemingway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 119 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/virginia-woolf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-lamott-13804.jpg) Anne Lamott 114 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/anne-lamott/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 104 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/haruki-murakami/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 101 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 100 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/terry-pratchett/) - [Jarod Kintz 94 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-saunders-37966.jpg) George Saunders 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/george-saunders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alberto-manguel-10592.jpg) Alberto Manguel 87 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/alberto-manguel/) ## More by Christy Hall > [“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-know-it-s-difficult-in-the-beginning-but-listen-if-you-have-the/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“I do not recommend writing a screenplay in two weeks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-do-not-recommend-writing-a-screenplay-in-two-weeks/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/if-you-think-someone-is-humble-never-tell-them-so-you-will/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“You are more ready and able to grasp at opportunity when your hands are empty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/you-are-more-ready-and-able-to-grasp-at-opportunity-when-your-hands/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“Occupation: Writer Occupational Hazard: Carpel tunnel Solution: Wrist guards to bed or my hands do all the sleeping Perspective: I've decided my wrist guards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/occupation-writer-occupational-hazard-carpel-tunnel-solution-wrist/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“When I am alone, I drink my tea with pinkie raised, like a kid playing "tea party." At times, a fancy British accent is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/when-i-am-alone-i-drink-my-tea-with-pinkie-raised-like-a-kid-playing/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“I have written until I fell asleep with my computer on my lap. That can't be normal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-have-written-until-i-fell-asleep-with-my-computer-on-my-lap-that/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“I write because that is what I am supposed to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-write-because-that-is-what-i-am-supposed-to-do/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“I wish my brain had an off switch. Maybe that way I could get some sleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-wish-my-brain-had-an-off-switch-maybe-that-way-i-could-get-some/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/a-writer-writes-there-are-no-exceptions-to-this-reality-no-excuses/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“Days become weeks. Weeks become months. Month become years. And years become silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/days-become-weeks-weeks-become-months-month-become-years-and-years/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/don-t-fool-yourself-talking-about-writing-is-not-the-same-as-actually/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“This life is full of signs, many of which find their way to you exactly when you need them most.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/this-life-is-full-of-signs-many-of-which-find-their-way-to-you/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“I look out over my life and see a million question marks with only a few definitive exclamation points. I'm living for the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/i-look-out-over-my-life-and-see-a-million-question-marks-with-only-a/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) > [“Give all that you can. No more. No less. Every. Single. Day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/give-all-that-you-can-no-more-no-less-every-single-day/) [Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/christy-hall/#itemlist", "name": "16 Writer Quotes By Christy Hall", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christy Hall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/when-a-solid-first-draft-of-an-original-tale-is-complete-you-feel-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/christy-hall-10789_creativity_when-a-solid-first-draft-of-an-original_2586548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/christy-hall-10789_creativity_when-a-solid-first-draft-of-an-original_2586548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/christy-hall-10789_creativity_when-a-solid-first-draft-of-an-original_2586548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.” — Christy Hall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Don't fool yourself. 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