Decided Quote by Cassandra Clare

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're…

— Carol Leifer

I've been doing short-form writing for a decade, and six years ago I signed with an agent, and we've been working on figuring out…

— Lindy West

I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most…

— Margaret Mahy

I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just…

— Candace Bushnell

I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then,…

— Jane Gardam

Finally, in my early 30s, I started writing fiction for the first time as an adult. That felt so scary, and I spent a…

— Julia Glass

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course,…

— Kate Morton

“Don’t wait. Writers are the only artists I know of who expect to get somewhere by waiting. Everyone knows you have to dance to…

— Daniel Quinn

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I think I have grown impatient with just being a writer.

— Alain de Botton

I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a…

— Dan Gilroy

Right now with blogs and the flood of internet access, a multitude of aspiring writers think they're ready for prime time. They're not. Be…

— Steven Pressfield