Jerome Lawrence Quotes

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 some experience.

You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.

I've been writing for a long time.

I've been writing since I was 12 years old.

I'm not as good a prose writer as I'd like to be, but I never aspired to that.

Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my process on different things, but I will say this: The more you write, the better you get at it. That's one of the few things that's markedly true.

Doing interesting things and then writing about them is the best way to become a good writer.

I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just sit down and start writing. I don't sit down and start writing and it comes out perfectly - it's a process.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

Everyone said, 'Well, you're very old for a first novel,' and I said, 'How do you write when you haven't lived? How do you write when you have no experience? How do you write straight out of university?'

The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.

I had never written anything before in my life except maybe in high school when I wrote a short story, and my mother had to put an ending on that.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember.

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.

I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.

For me, my writing benefits from my experience.

Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.

I've been writing since I was 19.

Like most art forms, writing is part instinct and part craft. The craft part is the part that can be taught, and that can make a crucial difference to lots of writers.

I've been writing in some way, shape, or form for as long as I can remember.