Ambition Quote by Wallace Stegner

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

— Wallace Stegner

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

— Kelley Armstrong

“That kind of thinking [that writers must alleviate their guilt for leading a creative life] is based on the idea that the creative life…

— Ariel Gore

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you…

— Jean M. Auel

My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally…

— David Henry Hwang

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later…

— Sharon Creech

My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and…

— Alexander McCall Smith

My sophomore English teacher encouraged me to write for the school paper, and that's what got me started. Suddenly it struck me that being…

— Jonathan Ames

Any individual decisions can be badly thought through, and yet be successful, or exceedingly well thought through, but be unsuccessful, because the recognized possibility…

— Robert Rubin

“As you struggle through whatever you are going through remember there is help somewhere, someone out there has solutions, and you will stumble upon…

— Germany Kent

Curiosity in children ... is but an appetite after knowledge and therefore ought to be encouraged in them, not only as a good sign,…

— John Locke

Whether it's in in livability, transportation, or the environment, Portland is always leading the country. We have more to do before we achieve our…

— Earl Blumenauer