How Quote by Amanda Gorman

Memorizing the work of others definitely made me a better writer.

— James Arthur

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone.…

— Patricia Marx

It really helped me as a writer to understand how other writers think.

— Ace Young

The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much…

— Paloma Elsesser

What I found so captivating about the idea of being a writer was having the ability to write down all these things I made…

— Kameron Hurley

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

— Craig Claiborne

I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.

— Jesse Ball

While I do believe I become a technically better writer over time, in others ways writing gets harder because inspiration is finite.

— Steve Erickson

I was almost teaching myself through writing without even realizing it. It's like therapy. You can hear my progression as a person and how…

— Bea Miller

I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.

— Michael Connelly

And the writers are good in that it's easy to memorize, and good writing has an innate rhythm to it. And I've always felt…

— Glenn Close