Able Quote by Israel Zangwill

There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.

— Israel Zangwill

I always wrote from a very young age, literally from the time I learned how to read and write.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

— Zadie Smith

I remember from my academic days, there were people who could never begin writing because they hadn't read every single thing on their subject,…

— Thomas Mallon

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden.

— Leo Ornstein

Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph.

— Ernest Hemingway

I can't seem to write young enough anymore.

— Cynthia Weil

At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you…

— Patrick Modiano

Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

— Lloyd Alexander

Good writing is difficult no matter what the reader's age-and children deserve the best.

— Aaron Shepard

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have…

— Richard K. Morgan