“I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole life. She's like, 'I can't read, I can't write; I can tell you who I was working for, and I can tell you the year, but who was president?” WritingYearsI CanWholePresidentMetsHundredWhole LifeHousekeepers Author:Tate Taylor
“I met a young woman the other day, and she said, what advice would you have for a writer, and I said it would be to work every day... Your job is to write. The rest of it will take care of itself. But, generally, it seems ... you know how that is, you meet people and they have a talent for self-promotion. Those are the pushy people. And you know their writing's not going to be any good, because that's not their talent.” PeopleKnowsWritingSaidSelfSeemsWould BeCareJobsYoungKnow HowAdviceTalentMetsTake CareYoung WomenPromotionSelf PromotionPushy Author:David Sedaris
“Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who you've met along the way.” PeopleWayWritingCharacterNumbersMetsWho You Are Author:Grant Morrison
“I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.” PeopleThinkingWorldWritingI CanWaitingMetsResearchAdvantageAround The WorldFascinating Author:Simon Winchester
“Early in his life Mr. [Ezra] Pound met with strong, continued, and unintelligent opposition. If people keep opposing you when you are right, you think them fools; and after a time, right or wrong, you think them fools simply because they oppose you. Similarly, you write true things or good things, and end by thinking things true or good simply because you write them” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingEndsStrongFoolMetsGood ThingsOppositionPoundsOpposingUnintelligentTrue Things Author:Randall Jarrell