Tracy Kidder Quotes

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read.

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

No, I have to really focus, especially when I'm writing because I wanna be good at it.

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.

If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

The thing I always tell my writing students - I'm not a full-time instructor, by any means, but periodically I've taught writing students - what I always tell them is that the most important thing in narrative nonfiction is that you not only have to have all the research; you have to have about 100% more than you need.

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

I love reading almost as much as I love writing.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

So I grew up in a very book-friendly environment and my education as a writer was reading. I think that's the best education. Reading, and taking from the people I admired.

You become a great writer by writing.

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

When I really want to learn about something, I write a book on it. Then the real research begins, as I begin to hear people's stories, and huge amounts of information begins to comes straight to my doorstep. Then I can write an even better book the next time!

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

I write novels and other things.

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.