Young Writers Quotes
51 quotes by 45 authors
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Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art.…
— Paddy Chayefsky
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Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.
— Wallace Stegner
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Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about.
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for…
— Barry Lopez
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I kind of wish people didn’t know who I am, that I could just lie, say I’m a speechwriter for Obama. This is what I…
— Robert Pattinson
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Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.
— Steven Curtis Chapman
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Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. If they arrive at college with literary ambitions, they should be…
— Wallace Stegner
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people…
— Zadie Smith
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I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity…
— Irvine Welsh
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I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start…
— George R. R. Martin
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I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader…
— John Philip Sousa
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I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may…
— Anne Tyler
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Young writers should definitely research the current sounds and styles.
— Lamont Dozier
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Read Jerrod Edson. He is one of our best young writers.
— David Adams Richards
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There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
— J. B. Priestley
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And when you get an eminent journal like Time magazine complaining, as it often has, that to the young writers of today life seems short…
— William Styron
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Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean you…
— Gary Shteyngart
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The advice I continually give to young writers is this, "Learn to paint pictures with words." Not just once upon a time, but ... In…
— Brian Jacques
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There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.
— Jonathan Ames
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I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen to…
— Eoin Colfer
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