Book Quote by Andre Maurois

read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the…

— P. D. James

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.

— Robertson Davies

Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the…

— Richard North Patterson

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

— E. L. Doctorow

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get…

— Thomas Steinbeck

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

— Thomas Mann

“Writing is about allowing yourself to become a vessel of creativity. Writers are avatars of creation. We have tender hearts, and strong emotions. It's…

— Sai Marie Johnson

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

— Thomas Mann

To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more,…

— John Hersey

Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time.

— Roger Angell

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

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis