Ronald Frame Quotes

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

Ever since I was twelve, I dreamed of being an author. I just never had the fortitude to see any of my stories through to completion. I would start a book, get a few chapters in, and grow bored or get distracted by something else.

I'm clearly not a writer, but I'm always a fan of them.

As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

I love to write.

I would say, number one, don't worry about getting published. Just write. Number two, just write. Three is make sure you read.

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

Writers are so important.

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.

I was so in love with books from as early as I remember that it seemed a natural step to want to create them. And so I just wanted to be a writer from a very young age. And I think that the lies were just a natural side effect of me wanting to tell stories and write them down.