Art Quote by William Zinsser

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

— Jane Yolen

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least…

— Stephen King

There are dance artists, painting artists and writing artists. Authors are writing artists. You can practice art in whatever medium you choose, and words…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than…

— Walter Moers

“If the creative process is so powerful, it would be natural to wonder why many artists have difficulties in their lives. It is because…

— Robert Fritz

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument…

— Susan Wiggs

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.

— Erica Jong

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

— Marianne Moore

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.

— Georges Simenon

Everyone is an artist. Everyone is creative in their own way and that that creativity is a great thing. It's a human thing and…

— Rainn Wilson

There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.

— apl.de.ap

It is always difficult to get across to people who are not professional writers that a talent to write does not mean a talent…

— Flannery O'Connor