David Levithan Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

  David Levithan

  Writing, Love Is, Trying

  "The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel by David Levithan - review" by Nicola Barr, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2011.

• This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when it’s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.

  David Levithan

  Writing, Character, Two

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.108, Egmont UK

• I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.

  David Levithan

  Writing, Character, Plot

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.181, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying it. You have no idea how much I love you.

  David Levithan

  Love You, Writing, Ideas

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.139, Egmont UK

• I am starting to get tired of relying on words. They are full of meaning, yes, but they lack sensation. Writing to her is not the same as seeing her face as she listens. hearing back from her is not the same as hearing her voice. I have always been grateful for technology, but now it feels as if there's a little hitch of separation woven into any digital interaction. I want to be there, and this scares me. All my usual disconnected comforts are bieng taken away, now that I see the greater comfort of presence.

  David Levithan

  Grateful, Taken, Writing

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.131, Egmont UK

• Holden Caulfield is the embodiment of what we mean by the phrase “young adult” – too young to be a grown-up, but too wise to the world to be completely innocent. He’s caught in the in-between, and that in-between is what all young adult authors write about.

  David Levithan

  Wise, Writing, Mean

• It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.

  David Levithan

  Sorry, Book, Writing

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.36, Egmont UK

• My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and dont be afraid.

  David Levithan

  Book, Writing, Giving

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