Appreciate Quote by Alex Haley

Start early and work hard. A writer's apprenticeship usually involves writing a million words (which are then discarded) before he's almost ready to begin.…

— David Eddings

The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few…

— Moliere

You have to live a life to become a writer.

— Joel Surnow

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would…

— Jenny Agutter

Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

— Sandra Brown

It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.

— Julian Barnes

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you…

— Jean M. Auel

To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before anything else.…

— Virginia Henley

Writers sometimes are paid a great deal of money, but much more frequently they're not paid or are paid only a little bit.

— Alice Mattison

You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.

— Grace Paley

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

— Margaret Atwood

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere