Stephenie Meyer Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Writing, Math, Two

• I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all of my friends were good girls too, and my boyfriends were good boys. Everybody was pretty nice. And that affects how I write my characters. There aren't very many bad guys in my novels.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Girl, Nice, Character

• It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe I can do it,' but you know you can't. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldn't get it right.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Book, Writing, Thinking

• When I write a story, it's not like I'm thinking about what I'm doing

  Stephenie Meyer

  Writing, Thinking, Stories

• No, actually 'The Host' was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there, obviously, because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Romantic, Writing, Love Is

• That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you're not getting any phone calls, I can shut everything down, and I'm just more creative at night.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Writing, Night, Phones

• What's funny about that is when I was writing Twilight just for myself and not thinking of it as a book, I was not thinking about publishing, and yet at the same time I was casting it in my head. Because when I read books, I see them very visually.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Book, Twilight, Writing

• I always write things that entertain me, and one of the things that I find really enjoyable to explore is the idea of love. I like looking at my own life and my friends and family and how love changes who you are. It fascinates me.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Writing, Ideas, Family And Friends

• I know the exact date that I began writing Twilight, because it was also the first day of swim lessons for my kids. So I can say with certainty that it all started on June 2, 2003.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Twilight, Writing, Kids

• And then writing, it was like I just found it, you know? Like you just found your favorite flavor of ice cream, all of a sudden there it is. 'This is what I should have been doing for the last thirty years. What was I thinking?' So I was, then I was in and then I had to just keep going with it.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Writing, Thinking, Ice Cream

• All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I'm writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Real, Writing, Character

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