Jasper Fforde Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.

  Jasper Fforde

  Summer, Reading, Healing

  Jasper Fforde (2004). “The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.51, Penguin

• Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people only' or even 'for people who finished school and went to University'. Nonsense. Anyone can do it. But no-one can do it straight off the bat. Like plastering, brain surgery or assembling truck engines, you have to do a bit of training - get your hands dirty - and make some mistakes.

  Jasper Fforde

  Mistake, Smart, Dirty

• Writing needs to be practiced; there is a limit to how much can be gleaned from a teacher or a manual. The true essence of writing is out there, in the world, and inside, within yourself. To write, you have to give.

  Jasper Fforde

  Teacher, Writing, Essence

• Writing is a subtle art that is reached mostly by self-discovery and experimentation.

  Jasper Fforde

  Art, Writing, Discovery

• Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting sun or the boom and swish of the incoming tide, we should reserve as much praise for ourselves as for the author. After all, the reader is doing all the work - the writer might have died long ago.

  Jasper Fforde

  Reading, Writing, Long Ago

  Jasper Fforde (2007). “Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.64, Penguin

• To a great extent, I still write for myself, write what amuses me. Fortunately, I have a quirky sort of strange sense of humor that appeals to other people and that's good. I still sort of write for myself though there are some areas of the book I feel I have to put in and I feel I have to deliver.

  Jasper Fforde

  Book, Writing, People

  An Interview with Jasper Fforde by Simone Swink, www.bookbrowse.com. 2005.

• It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.

  Jasper Fforde

  Book, Writing, Years

  "Live webchat: Jasper Fforde" by Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2011.

• The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.

  Jasper Fforde

  Fun, Book, Writing

  "Live webchat: Jasper Fforde" by Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2011.

• Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

  Jasper Fforde

  Writing, Agents, Want

• I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.

  Jasper Fforde

  Fall, Writing, Risk

  Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2010.

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