Tom Araya Quotes

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

Writing teaches writing.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

You become a great writer by writing.

Writing is not an unknown territory for me.

I do want to work on writing, because writing's a skill. Writing is something that you can train yourself to know better. To know yourself better. And it's intimidating as hell.

I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.

I learned to write by writing.

It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

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.

Read and write with a sensitive ear. The craft of writing is very important. Practice the craft.

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a 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 have grown in my writing and I care about it now and I know how important it is to write stuff.

Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill.

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.

When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did.

If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.

One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

You have to go where the good writing is.