Always Quote by Zadie Smith

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

— Paul Auster

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have…

— Richard K. Morgan

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

— Wallace Stegner

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

— Lloyd Alexander

They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing…

— Lillian Hellman

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

— Lillian Hellman

Even when I think I'm writing really young, they say it's too mature.

— Cynthia Weil

Young adult fiction is getting more popular among adults because the writer is trying hard all the time to maintain the reader's interest.

— Jesse Andrews

There are too many "creative writing" courses and seminars, in which young wirters are constantly being taught to rewrite the previous generation. They should…

— John Dos Passos

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

— Kelley Armstrong

“These young writers nowadays. They spend more time networking to promote their writing careers than writing their books. Maybe that’s why there are so…

— Lauren Carr

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