--- title: "16 Writer Learns Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 16 Writer Learns quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Writer Learns sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/p-l-travers-18631_book_a-writer-is-after-all-only-half-his-book_770482.png" --- > [A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-l-travers/a-writer-is-after-all-only-half-his-book-the-other-half-is-the-reader/) [P. L. Travers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-l-travers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/p-l-travers-18631_book_a-writer-is-after-all-only-half-his-book_770482.png) > [The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-final-lesson-a-writer-learns-is-that-everything-can-nourish-the/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/anais-nin-288_finals_the-final-lesson-a-writer-learns-is-that_2313219.png) > [The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/the-real-writer-learns-nothing-from-life-he-is-more-like-an-oyster-or/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/gore-vidal-466_inspirational_the-real-writer-learns-nothing-from-life_2842238.jpg) > [“A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cj-heck/a-writer-learns-that-easy-to-read-is-hard-to-write/) [CJ Heck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cj-heck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/cj-heck-60659_books_a-writer-learns-that-easy-to-read-is-har_1998905.jpg) > [Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/short-stories-are-designed-to-deliver-their-impact-in-as-few-pages-as/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/orson-scott-card-134_amount_short-stories-are-designed-to-deliver-th_2632018.png) > [The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/the-writer-learns-to-write-in-the-last-resort-only-by-writing-he-must-2/) [Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/paul-johnson-4585_dissatisfied_the-writer-learns-to-write-in-the-last-r_1705930.png) > [Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/everything-a-writer-learns-about-the-art-or-craft-of-fiction-takes/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/raymond-chandler-629_art_everything-a-writer-learns-about-the-art_303699.jpg) > [Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/every-sentence-has-a-truth-waiting-at-the-end-of-it-and-the-writer-2/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/don-delillo-294_ends_every-sentence-has-a-truth-waiting-at-th_2851412.jpg) > [The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-final-lesson-a-writer-learns-is-that-everything-can-nourish-the-2/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/anais-nin-288_book_the-final-lesson-a-writer-learns-is-that_2946512.png) > [A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard -- by stealing what he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-macleish/a-real-writer-learns-from-earlier-writers-the-way-a-boy-learns-from/) [Archibald MacLeish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archibald-macleish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/archibald-macleish-7676_apples_a-real-writer-learns-from-earlier-writer_2025024.png) > [Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/imagination-it-is-the-one-thing-beside-honesty-that-a-good-writer/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/ernest-hemingway-83_good-writer_imagination-it-is-the-one-thing-beside-h_752975.jpg) > [I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-believe-that-a-writer-learns-from-every-story-he-writes-and-when/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/george-r-r-martin-2-926_approach_i-believe-that-a-writer-learns-from-ever_2774641.jpg) > [writers of novels are so busy being solitary that they haven't time to meet one another. But then, a writer learns nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-ferber/writers-of-novels-are-so-busy-being-solitary-that-they-haven-t-time/) [Edna Ferber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-ferber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/edna-ferber-3893_books_writers-of-novels-are-so-busy-being-soli_852011.jpg) > [The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-johnson/the-writer-learns-to-write-in-the-last-resort-only-by-writing-he-must/) [Paul Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/paul-johnson-4585_acquire_the-writer-learns-to-write-in-the-last-r_1462606.png) > [Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/constant-work-constant-writing-and-constant-revision-the-real-writer/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/gore-vidal-466_art_constant-work-constant-writing-and-const_1685316.jpg) > [Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/every-sentence-has-a-truth-waiting-at-the-end-of-it-and-the-writer/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/don-delillo-294_beats_every-sentence-has-a-truth-waiting-at-th_2077376.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer-learns/#itemlist", "name": "Writer Learns Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A writer is, after all, only half his book. 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