Steve Toltz Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I haven't been part of the criminal world.”

“I made some probably very cringe-worthy short films that shall hopefully never make the light of day.”

“I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.”

“Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice.”

“There is something so arbitrary about prizes.”

“There's only one common element that united every writer I've admired... they're all incredibly well-read.”

“When people come up to me and say, 'I read your book,' I'm thinking, 'How dare you! Who gave you a copy?'”

“I know you're supposed to hide your influences, but I suppose I see writing as riffing, really, about whatever you have been reading or thinking about that day or that week.”

“If I've written five pages by hand, out of those five pages, one page might be worth saving. The rest is crap. I have to throw it away. It's like I need eight hours to do two hours' work.”