Beginning writers Quote by Jennifer Chiaverini

“Writing a book is like quilting. Once you start, keep on until it's finished.”

— Reba Birmingham

My life has really been about writing, though some think it's all about once having been in a ball dress and having an odd…

— Emma Tennant

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with…

— Shelby Foote

"Only write what you know" is very good advice. I do my best to stick to it. I wrote about gods and dreams and…

— Neil Gaiman

More than anything, I write about what I know. The experiences that I've had in my life and that we've all had collectively, that's…

— Andy Biersack

The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else…

— Marilyn Hacker

That's my gutsy advice to any young writer: write only about what you know well.

— Amos Oz

Like so many aspiring writers who still have boxes of things they've written in their parents' houses, I filled notebooks with half-finished poems and…

— Ally Carter

There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted to tell…

— Joss Whedon

I knew I wanted to write about a nanny, but it was difficult for me to find a narrative rhythm.

— Leila Slimani

As long as there's a strong theme that I can identify with, that's what makes me interested in writing.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende