Assuming Quote by Dani Shapiro

Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I'm finishing, even if it's turned out fairly well,…

— Michael Cunningham

It's not really about confidence. It's just something that isn't really in the vocabulary of what goes on at work. The writers write and…

— Simon Helberg

Confidence is something one acquires. It can come early or late but it is impossible to write without it. Mine came late.

— Fay Weldon

I suppose that there are endeavors in which self-confidence is even more important than it is in writing -- tightrope walking comes immediately to…

— Calvin Trillin

Sometimes confidence can lead you to accept the first decent idea instead of to really strive to even discard that and go for the…

— Vince Gilligan

“Confidence is a feeling, which reflects the coherence of the information and the cognitive ease of processing it. It is wise to take admissions…

— Daniel Kahneman

Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.

— Barbara Corcoran

At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence…

— Walter Kirn

I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers) and uncertainty…

— Charles de Lint

Confidence is a trait that has to be earned honestly and refreshed constantly; you have to work as hard to protect your skills as…

— Twyla Tharp

It’s such a confidence trick, writing a novel. The main person you have to trick into confidence is yourself. This is hard to do…

— Zadie Smith

“What is confidence? I believe confidence is all about being positive concerning what you can do—and not worrying over what you can’t do. A…

— Joyce Meyer