Books Quote by Andrea Hirata Download Open image “It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer,” — Andrea Hirata ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Felt Novel Six Voice Writing
I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about… — J. A. Jance Copy Share Image
I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer. — Manju Kapur Copy Share Image
I've said very openly that the first aspect of my artistry to arrive was writing. It took me a good number of years to… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Writing has always been an incredible outlet for me to feel like I have a voice, even when sometimes I was the only one… — Natalya Neidhart Copy Share Image
When I was writing Shadow and Bone,' I really had no confidence as a writer. I had never finished a book before and I… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The first five years as a writer, I didn't know how to write at all. I couldn't write my way out of a white… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
I've been around many different lives, many different voices. It was amazing material for a writer. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in… — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
It's too easy to unconsciously echo another novelist's voice while reading fiction, a habit of mimicry I probably picked up as a musician. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
To become a WRITER I had to learn to INTERRUPT, to speak up, to speak a little louder, and then LOUDER, and then to… — Deborah Levy Copy Share Image
One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people. — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
I'm a simple hillbilly. I don't like eating modern, industrialized, fast food. I grew up eating home-cooked food. So when I'm traveling abroad, like… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
“Lintang was very rational; Mahar was a daydreamer. Mahar was easily inspired by just about anything. Like Lint- ang, Mahar also was a true… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
“..kerja Tuhan tidak boleh diramal...nasib, usaha dan takdir bagaikan tiga bukit biru samar-samar yang memeluk manusia dalam lena".” — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
“Kawan, di kampung kami kebenaran harganya hanya seribu lima ratus perak. Warnanya hitam, bergenang di dalam gelas, saban pagi.” — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
“Kawan, menurut ketentuan agama, tak boleh diamkan jika orang tua bertanya lebih dari tiga kali.” — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
I am a writer who has a policy to allocate 90 percent of my time for research and the remaining 10 percent to write. — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
My story is the story of forgotten people and the voice of the voiceless. — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
