Writing Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Seventy percent of a first draft is garbage and 30 percent is gold, but you have to write 100 percent to get that 30.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I went to Marion College for writing and I was kicked out of the writing school. I was asked to leave the…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Nothing wrong with making money or doing what you need to do to sell, but I think it shows when you're writing…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy,…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read,…

— Laurell K. Hamilton