Biography Quote by P.G. Wodehouse

“Writing takes place in an open playing field with limitless possibilities, most of them terrible.”

— Scott Gates

“I think the hard work of writing is just how long a book is terrible before it's good.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren't any.”

— Teri Louise Kelly

“And it's not that I'm a good writer. I found good characters. They tell me what to write, and thank God for that because…

— M.L. Gardner

“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.”

— Anna Quindlen

“Writing is like eating Jelly with chopsticks. You know where you want the food to go, but you just can't get it there.”

— Joanne McDonnell

“And no matter how much I want to encourage the man or woman trying for the first time to write seriously, I can’t lie…

— Stephen King

“Keep writing. It's all terrible in the beginning.”

— A.K. Kuykendall

“There is no point in having the idea for a wonderful novel if you have never learned to read and write.”

— Ursula Markham

“It's good to write badly. Things can only get better.”

— Alan Dapre

“Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Bad writing is better than no writing.”

— Dina Santorelli