Advice Quote by Barry Lopez

Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a…

— John Green

You don't know what you need when you're a young writer. You can get small slivers of critical input, advice, comments, but if you're…

— David Means

Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment.

— Doris Lessing

I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think 'I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading that'. What…

— Jeffery Deaver

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

That's my gutsy advice to any young writer: write only about what you know well.

— Amos Oz

“Advice to other would be authors? I say this from the bottom of my heart… if you want to write … then do it.…

— A.H. Richardson

The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they…

— D. J. MacHale

If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of…

— S. E. Hinton

I would give them (aspiring writers) the oldest advice in the craft: Read and write. Read a lot. Read new authors and established ones,…

— Khaled Hosseini

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

— Lillian Hellman

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