Chris Abani Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes

  Chris Abani

  Writing, Thinking, Editing

• I read everywhere. It's like a bodily function. I don't need quiet. I write and read with the TV on. I follow the TV show while I read. TV doesn't require a lot of brainpower.

  Chris Abani

  Reading, Writing, Tv Shows

  Interview with Amy Sutherland, www.bostonglobe.com. March 22, 2014.

• I truly believe that writing is a continuum--so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum. Different ideas that need to be expressed sometimes require different forms for the ideas to float better.

  Chris Abani

  Believe, Writing, Ideas

• I think that most writers who are trying to write important and difficult books are in many ways putting their own humanity into question. Sometimes the journey is finding out where you stand in relationship to your own humanity and to the humanity of others.

  Chris Abani

  Book, Writing, Journey

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