Becoming Quote by Mike Young

I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books.

— George Pelecanos

I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.

— James Lapine

I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer.

— Sharon Van Etten

While I do believe I become a technically better writer over time, in others ways writing gets harder because inspiration is finite.

— Steve Erickson

I am not one of those writers that it just flows out of effortlessly. I have to sit and write and rewrite and sometimes…

— Princess Superstar

I know that the way to be a really successful writer is to write the same kind of book over and over again. Find…

— Neil Gaiman

the only way to become a better writer is to become a better person.

— Brenda Ueland

How I became a better writer was that I kept writing.

— Sallie Tisdale

You have to be good. And keep getting better. For every writer taken on, another is dropped. A paradox: you have to rise to…

— Matt Haig

Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.

— Edmund White

When I was younger, the main struggle was to be a 'good writer.' Now I more or less take my writing abilities for granted,…

— Jonathan Franzen

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to…

— Janet Evanovich