Best Quote by Oscar Hijuelos

I really don't want to encourage young writers. Keep them down and out and silent is my motto.

— John Updike

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.

— Wallace Stegner

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they…

— Katherine Paterson

I love writing about young people.

— Stephanie Savage

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.

— Gloria Estefan

I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.

— Greg Egan

I love writing for young people. It's the literature that was most important to me, the stories that shaped me and informed my own…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. If they arrive at college with literary ambitions, they should…

— Wallace Stegner

I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young writers with…

— Viola Davis

Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content.

— Kelley Armstrong

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from…

— Poppy Z. Brite