Apprenticeship Quote by Lucinda Williams

I started writing poetry when I was six. I had this teacher who didn't believe the poems I'd bring in were mine because they…

— Mariah Carey

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

— Anne Lamott

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

— Kevin Powers

My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.

— C. K. Williams

One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful…

— Michael Tolkin

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

— Nicholson Baker

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

— Mia Farrow

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

Growing up as a kid, I took creative writing classes, and I was always into poetry.

— Ivan Moody

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always…

— Blake Jenner

My dad never really wrote what he thought. None of his inner rage and darkness and problems, which we all have, made it on…

— Giles Coren