More Quote by Tomi Adeyemi

Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really…

— Anonymous

Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a…

— James A. Michener

There are certain things that I wish people knew - certain things that I feel I started and certain things that I'm responsible for.…

— Rakim

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.

— Markus Zusak

The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't.

— William Faulkner

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing,…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“I can't believe how many students don't read. They want to be writers, but they haven't read anything at all. They have looked at…

— Luis Alberto Urrea

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

— Russell Banks

Those who say they want to be writers, and aren’t writing, don’t.

— Ernest Hemingway

People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they…

— R. L. Stine

I absolutely don't write for women - far, far from it. It's so not what I want to do. Some of the writers, who…

— Miranda Hart

Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty…

— Graham Hawkes

Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class,…

— Tom T. Hall

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to…

— James A. Michener