“Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean you have to write for the Academy. Be true to your personality. Don't temper your personality down with words. Don't build defensive fortresses around yourself with words - words are your friends.” WritingFirstsMeanProblemBigsYoungAdvicePersonalityBeing TrueTemperAcademyPretentiousBig ProblemsFortressesYoung Writers Author:Gary Shteyngart
“Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.” WritingI CanHappensImaginePersonalityCarefulPopsSpeedMeticulous Author:William Landay
“I think Taylor Swift is a really good artist. I feel like her personality shines through everything she does, her music, her fashion, her style. She won Album of the Year, and she’s a really good writer. I’m a song writer so I respect artists who write their own songs. She won Album of the Year when she was 18 or something like that so, I think she’s dope.” ThinkingFeelsWritingYearsDoeArtistSongFashionStylePersonalityShiningAlbumsDopeGood WritersLike HerGood ArtGood Artist Author:Mike Posner
“I suppose, the natural outgrowth about writing about two friends, it becomes about their friendship, and the complexities of it, and the way personality plays off each other, and what they each like to do, separately and together.” WayWritingTwoPlayTogetherNaturalPersonalityComplexityTwo Friends Author:Alison McGhee
“For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to personalities, which are not always forgiven after he has repented and become ashamed of them.” WritingYoungDangerousPoetPersonalityAshamedSatireForgivenDispositionPresumptuous Book:The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations Source: The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations
“It's somewhat of a contradiction, .. I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to push it. It's not going to leap out at you and scream. I also can't control how a book is marketed. To say the book marketing is aggressive, fine, I'm happy with that. Push the book. That doesn't mean that my personality or writing style changes.” WritingMeanBookVoiceStyleFinePersonalityMarketingContradictionLeapAggressiveScreamWriting Style Author:David Bergen