The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
My main strength as a young writer was that I had no fear of making mistakes. I knew I would and I… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
A lot of young writers wait for inspiration. The inspiration only hits you at the desk. — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
And when you get an eminent journal like Time magazine complaining, as it often has, that to the young writers of today… — William Styron Copy Share Image
What first stuns the young writer emerging from college is that there is no clear-cut road for him to travel on. He… — Brad Gooch Copy Share Image
Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
What I didn't realize when I was in school and what I suspect a lot of young writers today don't get either… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
But it's clear to me that us slow-poke writers are a dying breed. It's amazing how thoroughly my young writing students have… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount. You have to write so much that you don't mind throwing away and… — Josh Lieb Copy Share Image
Of course at that point I had no idea that the adventure was only beginning and that the struggle and the rejections… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I always ask young writers, 'Are you certain you want to be a writer? If you're absolutely sure, then do it.' If… — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame… — John Berryman Copy Share Image
Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. If they arrive at college with literary ambitions,… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Then you have people coming up like Malcolm Bradbury, a relatively young writer who deals with the academic scene and deals with… — William Golding Copy Share Image
When a young writer deliberately tries to create an effect, the result is often a little self-conscious and overdone. But why is… — Lucy Calkins Copy Share Image
When you're a young writer and you look at people praising a big hefty anthology that has uncovered a long lost genre,… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
Nobody tells young writers it's okay if you're not very good, you'll get better. So I just thought I'm not very good,… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
I am not and will never again be a young writer, a young homeowner, a young teacher. I was never a young… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
It's true that the young who now flock to script writing, or producing and directing, to fulfill the demands of these new… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The biggest pitfall to avoid is not writing. Not writing is really, really easy to do, especially if you're a young writer.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
