I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a…

Keep your hands moving. Writing is rewriting.

— August Wilson

When I was painting, I was painting stories I was telling myself. When I look back at it, moving to writing was a very…

— Janet Evanovich

I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did a lot…

— Chitra Ganesh

There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end up picking…

— Laura Lippman

“That's tough, Joan," I said, picking up my book. "Because I don't like you. You make me puke, if you want to know.”

— Sylvia Plath

“Make a new friend by picking up a book and getting to know it!”

— Carmela Dutra

I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that…

— Emma Watson

It's good for people to be able to see an archive of an artist learning how to write and getting better, especially for teenagers…

— Frankie Cosmos

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

— S. I. Hayakawa

I think we're still learning how to write roles for women with power.

— Teresa Ruiz

Learning to write . . . is a desperately idiosyncratic, eccentric, single-souled, lifelong quest.

— Bret Lott

After a long time spent learning how to write as a woman instead of as an honorary man, I was able to come back…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“You can learn to speak well in days. Learning to write well takes a life time.”

— Nauman Faridi

I think that's the hardest part for an artist is finding their voice and learning how to write, finding what they have to say…

— Morgan James

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is…

— Walter Gilbert