The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“If the future depends on stories, then our future looks bright indeed.” — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
What is your advice to young writers?Drink, fuck and smoke plentyof cigarettes. — Hemantsmarty Copy Share Image
It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway. — George Murray Copy Share Image
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
“I would give a hundred Hemingways for one Stendhal or one Benjamin Constant. And I regret the influence of this literature on… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I can't wait for the rest of my career to meet these young writers and filmmakers so that I can produce and… — Lil Rel Howery Copy Share Image
Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie. — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
“These young writers nowadays. They spend more time networking to promote their writing careers than writing their books. Maybe that’s why there… — Lauren Carr Copy Share Image
I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum.… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
When a young writer deliberately tries to create an effect, the result is often a little self-conscious and overdone. But why is… — Lucy Calkins Copy Share Image
Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. If they arrive at college with literary ambitions,… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
If I had a script that I was ready to shoot tomorrow, I'd work on it every day until we got into… — Logan Lerman Copy Share Image
“The question one asks of the young writer who wants to know if he's got what it takes is this: "Is writing… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“My advice to all young writers is quite simple. I would caution them never to evade a new experience. I would urge… — John Fante Copy Share Image
And when you get an eminent journal like Time magazine complaining, as it often has, that to the young writers of today… — William Styron Copy Share Image
People have been asking me, "What advice do you have for young writers?" I tell them: a) get off social media; b)… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“Fiction, like sculpture or painting, begins with a rough sketch. One gets down the characters and their behavior any way one can,… — john gardner Copy Share Image
“As much as possible, I am trying to create agency in my young writers. Students who have acquired agency don’t need the… — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
My advice to young writers would be to write every day, even if it is only a few words. Get yourself on… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Writing is a concentrated form of thinking...a young writer sees that with words he can place himself more clearly into the world.… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Young writers if they are to mature require a period of between three and seven years in which to live down their… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I think I would have been a lot more miserable and discovered a lot less of things I liked if I hadn't… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
That's my gutsy advice to any young writer: write only about what you know well. — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
A lot of young writers wait for inspiration. The inspiration only hits you at the desk. — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
Young writers should definitely research the current sounds and styles. — Lamont Dozier Copy Share Image
“What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“the thing you are most afraid to write write that -- advice to young writers” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
