--- title: "1 Writing Scene Quotes By Sabaa Tahir" description: "1 Writing Scene quotes by Sabaa Tahir. Plus more from Sabaa Tahir and more Writing Scene sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/sabaa-tahir-8196_awesome_if-i-m-really-excited-about-a-scene-i-us_300881.jpg" --- > [If I'm really excited about a scene, I used to wait to write it, and now I'll just write it. When you do that, all sorts of awesome things can happen from just giving in and writing that scene you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/if-i-m-really-excited-about-a-scene-i-used-to-wait-to-write-it-and/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/sabaa-tahir-8196_awesome_if-i-m-really-excited-about-a-scene-i-us_300881.jpg) ## More by Sabaa Tahir > [Ani DiFranco - I love her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/ani-difranco-i-love-her/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [“I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff’s night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/i-never-feared-the-night-not-even-as-a-child-but-blackcliff-s-night/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [“In the end, I don't answer her question. She doesn't answer mine. Instead, we sit without words, watching the city, the river, the desert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/in-the-end-i-don-t-answer-her-question-she-doesn-t-answer-mine/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/there-are-two-kinds-of-guilt-the-kind-that-drowns-you-until-you-re/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [“an ember in the ashes,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/an-ember-in-the-ashes/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [When I asked myself what I'd want to see in a comic about a Pakistani superhero, the first word that came to mind was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/when-i-asked-myself-what-i-d-want-to-see-in-a-comic-about-a-pakistani/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [“The body does not lie, even if the mind does.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/the-body-does-not-lie-even-if-the-mind-does/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [If I'm really excited about a scene, I used to wait to write it, and now I'll just write it. When you do that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/if-i-m-really-excited-about-a-scene-i-used-to-wait-to-write-it-and/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [“Your emotions make you human, Elias said to me weeks ago in the Serran Range. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/your-emotions-make-you-human-elias-said-to-me-weeks-ago-in-the-serran/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [You walk into BookCon, and everybody is so excited... it's just paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/you-walk-into-bookcon-and-everybody-is-so-excited-it-s-just-paradise/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [Reading about people who were so truly voiceless and powerless - Liberian child soldiers, Sudanese refugees, and, especially, Kashmiri women whose husbands or sons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/reading-about-people-who-were-so-truly-voiceless-and-powerless/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [I actually like love triangles in books. That's one of the main reasons why I wrote one. I really love love triangles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/i-actually-like-love-triangles-in-books-that-s-one-of-the-main/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [The 'Harry Potter' books had a huge impact on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/the-harry-potter-books-had-a-huge-impact-on-me/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/i-felt-like-an-outcast-and-turned-to-books-fantasy-in-particular-to/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) > [At age 10, or even 15, it would have meant the world to me to see a Pakistani girl portrayed positively, let alone as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabaa-tahir/at-age-10-or-even-15-it-would-have-meant-the-world-to-me-to-see-a/) [Sabaa Tahir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabaa-tahir/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-scene/sabaa-tahir/#itemlist", "name": "1 Writing Scene Quotes By Sabaa Tahir", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I'm really excited about a scene, I used to wait to write it, and now I'll just write it. 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