Areas Quote by Nicholas Sparks

The way to learn about a writer is to read the text. Or texts.

— Annie Dillard

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you…

— Jean M. Auel

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books ... I like to…

— Kanye West

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors.…

— Nicholas Sparks

If I have learned how to write fiction it's by working with great writers and getting them to explain their craft to me so…

— Elliott Colla

You've got to be a good reader. So whatever genre that you're interested in, read a lot of books about it and it's better…

— Homer Hickam

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

I feel like one can have all of that as a writer; you're writing, you're reading, you're talking to interesting and intelligent people. Your…

— Sheila Heti

A writer can't just be well-educated or good at research; to build a living, breathing world with interesting characters, you have to write from…

— Lynn Flewelling

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

— Jeffery Deaver

To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like…

— Avi

Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer.

— Zadie Smith