When I got to college, I didn't take writing classes, just…

I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

— Walter Jon Williams

I didn't take writing seriously at first - I didn't think I could do it. When I did, I fell in love with it.…

— Daniel Kaluuya

I was married when I was in my early twenties, and my former husband, an absolutely lovely man, didn't get the writing thing.

— Jenna Blum

I don't mean to be flippant about cancer - it was hard, it was tough and it was scary. Then my next manuscript was…

— Natalie Goldberg

My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of crazy unproduced…

— Stephen Gaghan

I actually didn't do any writing of music while I was locked up. I wrote a book, but I didn't do any music.

— Da Brat

When I started out, I didn't have any writing routine, I had a job. Writing was a hobby I indulged in over the weekends…

— Neal Asher

My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have…

— Kate Atkinson

I was never unhappy with the shows. I didn't get into [the writing]. I had an area. My area was my character. My area…

— David Rasche

Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This…

— Theodora Goss

I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college,…

— Amanda Hocking

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.

— Charles Frazier

I don't teach writing classes anymore, and I'm really glad I don't, because I would feel very strange about telling people, 'Go out there…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

In my writing classes, I don't outlaw any genre writing.

— Leni Zumas

I taught writing classes at the University of Pennsylvania for a number of years and I realized that all you can do is encourage…

— Paula Fox