Kate Atkinson Quotes

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

I think you can't help but write in your own voice.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound.

It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself.

The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style.

There are millions of people who think that romance isn't real writing. But the only person who can make you real, make your books real, is you.

I would like to be able to write in my own voice.

I prefer writing originals.

Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

And I think I have a distinct voice.

One of the most challenging aspects of writing a memoir is finding your own voice, and you should be very careful about being influenced by someone else's voice.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.'

I love to write. I used to be a math teacher. And I like the idea that other people could write about the same subjects, but no one would write it just the way I do. It's very individual: a child could write the same story as somebody else, but it wouldn't come out the same.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can - that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style.

I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write.

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

If you are any kind of writer at all, you are in all of your writings.

I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. It's the old you-gotta-paint-like-them-before-you-can-paint-like-you thing.

You develop a voice and a process that's unique to yourself.

I think all writers have a style, a particular voice and rhythm that you have to find.