Writing Quote by Louis L'Amour

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books.

— Cynthia Rylant

Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but…

— Jane Birkin

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

— James Salter

We read everything - from the Unabomber to Camille Paglia to Martin Luther King Jr. - and I really fell in love with the…

— Steven Rinella

I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' by Robert Louis Stevenson.

— Francine Pascal

It really helped me as a writer to understand how other writers think.

— Ace Young

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

— Isabel Allende

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

— Octavia E. Butler

When I began writing novels, I read Aristotle to learn how to perfect structure, Pearl Cleage to sustain tension, and Nora Roberts for characterization.

— Stacey Abrams

“I feel so lucky at being able to do what I love. Writing has proved to be a fascinating journey – without maps and…

— Elizabeth Buchan

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

— Tom T. Hall

Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.

— Luke Bryan