Jess Walter Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always be fiction, and especially novels, but I'm a writer... I write poetry and essays and criticism and I'd love to write a whole play, and sometimes I even write scripts.”

“Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.”

“There are some people whose Twitter feeds are works of art. They intuitively understand how much of themselves to put out there.”

“I think I would explode in flames of irony if I were to option an idea that I was satirizing in a novel.”

“I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.”

“I've been simultaneously drawn to and repelled from Hollywood for years.”

“My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.”

“My poetry is the most disappointing thing for me that I've ever written. When I say I can write everything, I don't say I can write everything well.”

“Forget being 'discovered.' All you can do is write. If you write well enough, and are stubborn enough to embrace failure, and if you happen to fall into the narrow categories that the book market recognizes, then you might make a little money. Otherwise, it's a struggle. A gorgeous struggle.”

“I remember the first time I went to Europe, I had someone take a picture of me there, so I could really see myself there. There's a sense of being outside yourself, and I think celebrity allows us that too, to be outside ourselves.”