Certainty Quote by Jenny Offill

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

— Ronald Frame

“Becoming a writer is a lifelong journey. It cannot be learned in a day or even a month or a year. We will never…

— Shanda Trofe Write from the Heart

If you are to become a writer you'll have to stop fooling with words.

— Sherwood Anderson

A lot of people get writer's block, and I think you just have to show up for work, sit down, and be like, 'I'm…

— Brian Fallon

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

— Nicholas Sparks

“You don’t become a good writer overnight. It takes persistence and repetition to gain mastery.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and…

— Janet Frame

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get…

— Thomas Steinbeck

Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you…

— Walter Murch

Being a writer is an endless study in human transition and lessons learned or forgotten or misapplied.

— Sloane Crosley

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami