Because Quote by Tobias Wolff

I do think it is important to look at the writing as a job though and to commit to it like you'd have to…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

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

— Wallace Stegner

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

If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.

— Andre Gide

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

— Paul Auster

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer.

— Russell Banks

It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.

— Dani Shapiro

In my travels I am often asked if college stifles young writers. In my opinion, it doesn't stifle them enough.

— Flannery O'Connor

One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.

— Steven Bochco

Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass.

— Brandon Sanderson

“Young writers find out what kinds of writers they are by experiment. If they choose from the outset to practice exclusively a form of…

— John McPhee

There's no reason that a writer, if they have some discipline and curiosities and passion, can't be vital for a long, long time.

— Peter Hedges