I don't think I began to be a professional writer until I…

I learned my strengths. I learned my weaknesses. I know what I need to work on. I know what I'm good at.

— Minkah Fitzpatrick

In 2002, the Cincinnati Reds selected me with the 44th pick in the Major League Baseball draft. At 18 years of age, I began…

— Joey Votto

As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story…

— J. C. Chandor

“Simon, she'd learned, was a man who studied people. He learned their weaknesses as a way of protecting himself.”

— MacKenzie Taylor

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

— Larry Bird

I learned my weaknesses at the Asian Games and other competitions where I lost. My guard was down.

— Mary Kom

I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I…

— Louis Sachar

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

— Nicholson Baker

I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite…

— Jennifer Chiaverini

As a writer, I have learned that each time I pick up my pencil I betray someone.

— Terry Tempest Williams

“It was from just a few sentences that a writer learned anything from another writer.”

— John Irving

I was a very sickly kid and suffered from chronic pneumonia, which is why we moved to the warm southern climate. I think being…

— Kate DiCamillo

I'm a writer. That's who I am, at my core. I'm a writer, and then I learned production and administration, along the way. I…

— Ronald D. Moore

“During 30 years of earning my daily bread as a writer I have learned many lessons about our craft. The most significant of those…

— H.P. Oliver

Running taught me to have faith in my skills as a writer. I learned how much I can demand of myself, when I need…

— Haruki Murakami