--- title: "13 Writing Experience Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Writing Experience quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Writing Experience sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dac/dave-eggers-638_backgrounds_well-my-background-is-journalism-i-don-t_2199469.png" --- > [Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-eggers/well-my-background-is-journalism-i-don-t-have-any-creative-writing/) [Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-eggers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dac/dave-eggers-638_backgrounds_well-my-background-is-journalism-i-don-t_2199469.png) > [Because there is no better tool for writing than experience. It has very little to do with grammar and everything to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-a-gill/because-there-is-no-better-tool-for-writing-than-experience-it-has/) [A. A. Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-a-gill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/a-a-gill-3415_better_because-there-is-no-better-tool-for-writ_1524389.png) > [Writing, as I experience it, means wringing out the heart/mind until it stops lying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-stone/writing-as-i-experience-it-means-wringing-out-the-heart-mind-until-it/) [Jennifer Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/jennifer-stone-10972_heart_writing-as-i-experience-it-means-wringin_1243048.jpg) > [It's common procedure in the industry for people with little or no professional writing experience to get a book deal because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carole-radziwill/it-s-common-procedure-in-the-industry-for-people-with-little-or-no/) [Carole Radziwill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carole-radziwill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/carole-radziwill-4226_book_it-s-common-procedure-in-the-industry-fo_2902945.jpg) > [I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-m-always-looking-at-ways-of-shaking-up-the-writing-experience/) [Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/michael-connelly-1004_experience_i-m-always-looking-at-ways-of-shaking-up_3214873.jpg) > [Weirdly the writing experience has not really changed that much except it used to be that I was busy because I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-jo-campbell/weirdly-the-writing-experience-has-not-really-changed-that-much/) [Bonnie Jo Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-jo-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/bonnie-jo-campbell-9521_busy_weirdly-the-writing-experience-has-not-r_2368851.png) > [You're supposed to be writing from experience - experience with people, with reading, seeing some homeless guy on the street and making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-plec/you-re-supposed-to-be-writing-from-experience-experience-with-people/) [Julie Plec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-plec/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/julie-plec-4595_dreams_you-re-supposed-to-be-writing-from-exper_1884600.jpg) > [The funny thing about writing is, although you are writing about an experience which only you have had, you are trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-frame/the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-although-you-are-writing-about-an/) [Ronald Frame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-frame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/ronald-frame-16363_about_the-funny-thing-about-writing-is-althoug_2828217.jpg) > [For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dekker/for-me-writing-is-an-experience-it-s-an-exercise-in-which-i-want-to-2/) [Ted Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dekker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/ted-dekker-1605_about_for-me-writing-is-an-experience-it-s-an_2937955.png) > [For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dekker/for-me-writing-is-an-experience-it-s-an-exercise-in-which-i-want-to/) [Ted Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dekker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/ted-dekker-1605_asking_for-me-writing-is-an-experience-it-s-an_2382235.jpg) > [I have a lot more writing experience than Paul Dano has, so to be able to put that experience to use in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-kazan/i-have-a-lot-more-writing-experience-than-paul-dano-has-so-to-be-able/) [Zoe Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-kazan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/zoe-kazan-3186_acting_i-have-a-lot-more-writing-experience-tha_1037405.jpg) > [The advantage of writing from experience is that it often provides you with details that you would never think of yourself, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-paolini/the-advantage-of-writing-from-experience-is-that-it-often-provides/) [Christopher Paolini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-paolini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/christopher-paolini-622_advantage_the-advantage-of-writing-from-experience_2902062.png) > [In my life there were a lot of situations where I could have been killed or some officer might have been killed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-haggard/in-my-life-there-were-a-lot-of-situations-where-i-could-have-been/) [Merle Haggard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-haggard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/merle-haggard-8224_different_in-my-life-there-were-a-lot-of-situation_2921340.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-experience/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Experience Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, my background is journalism. 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Now, you know that's experience you can't buy. And it's there in my rearview mirror and I can refer to it in my writing. 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