Being wise Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

What I've learned is that you get better at writing by writing, and that 'youthful energy' will only get you so far.

— Lynn Coady

Quit smoking in the hope of growing old. It takes a long time to write. People go to books for wisdom and older authors…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Both writing and thinking, like children, require plenty of patience till growing up.

— Mariana Fulger

Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And…

— Lois Duncan

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be…

— Margaret Atwood

My students - all adults - bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the…

— James Thayer

In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

— Michael Scott

It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, "Read," but a writer can read…

— Alice Munro

What you want is practice, practice, practice. It doesn’t matter what we write (at least this is my view) at our age, so long…

— C. S. Lewis

Write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount. You have to write so much that you don't mind throwing away and changing things…

— Josh Lieb

One trouble with developing speed reading skills is that by the time you realize a book is boring you've already finished it.

— Franklin P. Jones

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when…

— Diana Wynne Jones