Faith Quote by Jodi Picoult

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument…

— Susan Wiggs

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

— Jane Yolen

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

— Peter Carey

Writing talent is similar to the art of chatting up a girl. You can improve to a certain degree through practice, but basically you…

— Haruki Murakami

Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice.

— Robert Stacy McCain

I'm not really a writer, so my main problem always is finding the writing talent to write something of the caliber that you would…

— Rowan Atkinson

Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a career.

— Rebecca Serle

Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you'll continue to get better and better. Sometimes,…

— Laura Kasischke

“You think you have no ‘talent’? Write anyway. lots of people with ‘talent’ don’t actually act on it. As long as you write, you…

— M. Kirin

It is always difficult to get across to people who are not professional writers that a talent to write does not mean a talent…

— Flannery O'Connor

Writing can be taken up at any point. But you need to remember that the arts are fundamentally unfair. Hard work and diligence won't…

— David Brin

Writing is physical work. It's sweaty work. You just can't will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.

— Wil Haygood