Great wisdom Quote by Alan Hollinghurst

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.

— Josh Billings

Every writer has to find their own way into writing.

— Margaret Mahy

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.

— Martin Cruz Smith

The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style.

— Andrea Hirata

As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their…

— Marty Nemko

“You don’t become a good writer overnight. It takes persistence and repetition to gain mastery.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

There is something to be said when you have great writers, and they write, and they write.

— Jamie Hector

Part of living, part of becoming a wise man or a wise woman, is to get to that point where you can have a…

— Norman Mailer

“Writing is the way I make sense of a chaotic world. I see the tumultuous backdrop of humanity around me, and I feel it…

— Leigh Hershkovich

“All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.”

— Stephanie Lennox

It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

— Zoë Heller

A lot of writers write for an audience that's going to understand them.

— Torrey Peters