After Quote by Bethany McLean

I wrote the worst novel ever.

— Sophie Ellis-Bextor

That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.

— Michael Connelly

I was a terrible writer at first.

— Gabby Barrett

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family. My father had always identified himself as…

— Nick Flynn

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

— Nick Flynn

Some of the best things that have happened in my stories have happened seemingly of their own accord. The writer becomes a listener, just…

— Will Hobbs

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

Mine is not a story to tell struggling writers.

— Tom Bodett

The worst time in any writer's life is the two months before publication. ALL writers become mental and pathetic, even those of devout faith,…

— Anne Lamott

“The worst stories usually make you think: 'but nobody had to die'. These are called true stories.”

— Moonshine Noire

Honestly, I'm the worst storyteller ever. Like, I just take so long.

— Benee

I'm a worst-case scenario person. I'm only interested in a story because I kind of go, like a magnet, to the worst thing that…

— John Irving