Half Quote by John Irving

My experience is, the writer I was when I began was only a fraction of what I feel capable of doing now. Don't stand…

— Anthony McCarten

My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline.

— John Irving

Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.

— Cyril Cusack

Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it.

— Charlie Kaufman

From about the age of 15 or 16 I'd had the notion that I wanted to write fiction, and I'd done enough in college…

— Ben Fountain

I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.

— Patricia Reilly Giff

I had a crazy amount of success as a writer, which isn't normal by any means.

— Stephanie Land

I wanted to be a writer for a while. I was an excellent child writer. I won multiple poetry contests. I was published at…

— Aya Cash

I realized Michael was right. I mean, I am always writing in this journal. And I do compose a lot of poetry, and write…

— Meg Cabot

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and…

— Ann Powers

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

— Jane Yolen