Marie Brennan Quotes

Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later.

I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.'

Writing has taught me a lot - though far from everything - about writing, so as time has passed, it has become more pleasurable if not easier. I've done other things in life, but writing is by a factor of 10 the most difficult among them. And, of course, you never achieve what you set out to achieve, so you must keep on trying to do better.

But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing.

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

There's also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.

You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.

I feel more comfortable each time I sit down to write, but I'm determined to get better and better.

Try to write at least 500 words a day. You may ditch 499 of them tomorrow, but you will still be moving forward.

You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

My writing is progressing slowly, but at least it's moving forward. I'm sure that's the case. The only problem is that I'm never absolutely certain that what I've written is any good.

There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board: read widely, learn the craft by whatever means you can - workshops and writing programs are ideal, but even self-study can work - apply what you learn, and persevere.

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

I thought I could write. So it was my intention to start off as a writer. But I wasn't really great at delivering the word at the end of the day.

I can always write. Sometimes, to be sure, what I write is crap, but it's words on the page and therefore it is something to work with.

I have grown in my writing and I care about it now and I know how important it is to write stuff.

I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.

The way you get better is putting words on the page and getting them behind you.

Write every day. Make writing a part of your life, but also don't be afraid of learning from others because I think you can. I still try to think of myself as a beginner because that way I can keep on learning.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

I think what I like best is that when people give talks or workshops, it doesn't really matter what level you are as a writer - whether you are a beginner, or you've been around the block a bit; there's something that you can take away from every session.

Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.

Now the writing in the head, I definitely do every day, thinking about how I want to phrase something or how I'd like to rephrase something I've already written.