Always Quote by Andrew Lloyd Webber

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer. Writers have no one to talk shop…

— Kurt Vonnegut

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

— Jane Yolen

Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

— Lloyd Alexander

It's very hard to find good and wholesome, edifying and challenging writing for the students to perform. In my classroom I strive to do…

— Patricia Mauceri

I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young writers with…

— Viola Davis

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

— Cyril Cusack

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a career.

— Rebecca Serle

There are too many "creative writing" courses and seminars, in which young wirters are constantly being taught to rewrite the previous generation. They should…

— John Dos Passos

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.

— Wallace Stegner

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

— Peter Carey

I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me…

— Julie Klassen

It is always difficult to get across to people who are not professional writers that a talent to write does not mean a talent…

— Flannery O'Connor