Cooks Quote by Doris Lessing

“To be a better cook, cook more. To be a better writer, read more.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There's less skill and more plain hard work to writing than anyone except a writer thinks.

— Mabel Seeley

As if a cookbook had anything to do with writing.

— Alice B. Toklas

A lot of cookbooks also have incredible food writing, even though I feel like a lot of cookbook authors don't necessarily identify with being…

— Michelle Zauner

Writing only leads to more writing.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure…

— Vikram Seth

You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.

— Doris Lessing

Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better…

— Neil Gaiman

The story is always better than your ability to write it.

— Robin McKinley

A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.

— Grant Achatz

The less conscious one is of being a writer, the better the writing.

— Pico Iyer

Writing is more important than being a writer.

— Jesse Andrews