Approach Quote by Jay McInerney

The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.

— David Guterson

Don't take anyone's writing advice too seriously.

— Lev Grossman

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

— Charles Kennedy

... I had always written but I never took it seriously. It was a way of life, not a living.

— Alice Kahn

“Take a simple idea and take it seriously.”

— Charlie Munger

The way I write possibly shouldn't be turned on serious things.

— Giles Coren

I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.

— Alan Rickman

If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.

— Felice Picano

I think it's really important not to take yourself too seriously.

— Trinity Rodman

If you want to be taken seriously, you almost have to act really serious.

— D.A. Wallach

I would probably struggle a bit more with a really dramatic serious-intent story. You have to really bring it. My brain is so comically…

— Justin Roiland