Kate Williams Quotes

I'm glad I wrote them when I did because I think if I were to write my first novel now, it would be a different book, and it may not be the book that everybody wants to read. But if I were given a red pen now, and I went back... I'd take that thing apart.

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick.

I'm a grown-up now, and I value the training I had.

I'm learning a lot, and I'm trying to make it so that every time I write, it's better than the last time I've written.

I'm just trying to get better each game.

I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day.

You think you're developing and getting better and then you see something you did years ago. Looking at your early work.. sometimes it has a depth that surprises you.

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.

I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I wrote the day before.

I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before - and from other years, too - to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step.

It's so crazy to look at your life and see how far you've come.

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself.

If you get a sense that your writing isn't quite working, change it. Or cut it out. Don't just tell yourself it'll do, because it won't.

Obviously I wouldn't have said that three or four years ago in the midst of it. But I really believe that. It's been a marvelous and important experience.

Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something, you're growing, and you're pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. So I think you'd be in real trouble if each new thing that you create didn't feel like 'Oh, wow. I feel like I'm doing something a little different this time.'

I'm nearing the end of the road and still learning.

It always strikes me how almost unbelievably bad are the early versions of my novels.

You learn from everything.

The good thing is that life is sometimes a work in progress.