Able Quote by Nick Cave

Sometimes I try to concentrate on the story I would like to write, and I realize that what interests me is something else entirely,…

— Italo Calvino

Sometimes it's not like I write very specific, it's more like I add an atmosphere almost to something that might have been quite awkward…

— Jens Lekman

When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me.

— Ruth Ozeki

I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what Im hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to…

— James Salter

As long as there's a strong theme that I can identify with, that's what makes me interested in writing.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I think that I'm going to write a bigger thing, and then I end up writing about people, and the bigger thing recedes into…

— Stephen Karam

I always try and find new things to think about and address. That really opens you up as a writer. I can write a…

— Rick Springfield

I'm not much interested in my own self when I write. I'm interested in what I observe out there, what's going on around me.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

I like to write about stories and life experiences of me, the people around us, and just the things I see on the telly…

— Sam Fender

Even if something within me is ugly, writing is a pretty good place to play with that thing and to begin to really see…

— George Saunders

I'm always most interested in writing about things that I don't understand.

— Kevin Powers

As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about.

— Jason Isbell