Authors Quote by Richard K. Morgan

I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me…

— Julie Klassen

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

— Wallace Stegner

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

— Zadie Smith

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

— Kelley Armstrong

At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you…

— Patrick Modiano

Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

— Lloyd Alexander

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 guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing…

— Jenny Han

There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum. For me,…

— Jonathan Dee

Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and end, tell…

— Andrea Brown