If you want to be a professional writer then you need to write consistently. Inspiration strikes about once every blue moon which, for me, is once every two and a half to three months, which is when I’ll get really and truly inspired about something. Christopher Paolini Read Quote
I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff. Christopher Paolini Read Quote
I’m the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn’t stop until it’s finished. Christopher Paolini Read Quote
I had friends growing up; there were other home-schoolers we were in touch with so we weren’t isolated, and I’ve always been happy engaged in my own projects and pursuing my own goals. Christopher Paolini Read Quote
Just writing a lot doesn’t necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud. Christopher Paolini Read Quote
Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written ‘Eragon’ if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework – I wouldn’t have had the time to write. Christopher Paolini Read Quote
