Books Quote by Ernest Gaines

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have from reading novels.…

— Ernest Gaines

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I've learned as much about writing from songwriters as I have from other writers.

— Greg Iles

I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write about things…

— Laura Bell Bundy

I've learned a lot about writing from listening to my students talk.

— Marilynne Robinson

Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.

— Francine Prose

My novels and poems are meant to be read aloud. That's why jazz musicians have been able to adapt my stuff.

— Ishmael Reed

There were many times in my initial days as a writer when I had felt the need to talk to someone, to leverage on…

— Ravi Subramanian

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books.

— Cynthia Rylant

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making…

— Amy Tan

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child