I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you… — Eoin Colfer 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
I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of… — Zadie Smith 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
Stephen King reached out to me twenty-five years ago and taught me some valuable lessons. In return, I've tried to be generous… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
As a young writer, I was on guard against the Latina in me, the Spanish in me because as far as I… — Julia Alvarez 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
It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, "Read," but a writer… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“When a writer first begins to write, he or she feels the same first thrill of achievement that the young gambler or… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“Young writers find out what kinds of writers they are by experiment. If they choose from the outset to practice exclusively a… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
When I was a young writer if you went to a party and told somebody you were a science-fiction writer you would… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I always talk to young writers about when you make art in your room, you make art. And when you send it… — Matthew Quick 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
“Mostly I’m allowing the story to be republished to send a message to young writers who are out there right now, trying… — Stephen King 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
I think the essence of the argument has always been, first of all, the Guild doesn't want writing on spec. And that's… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I also liked it when professors assigned us stories that they love. In general, I liked workshops more when they were more… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I think what happens to young writers is that they use up every life experience that they have had up to that… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
