Henry Rollins Quotes

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

I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer.

I'm writing; I'm teaching myself writing.

Doing interesting things and then writing about them is the best way to become a good writer.

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

I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.

I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.

I do want to work on writing, because writing's a skill. Writing is something that you can train yourself to know better. To know yourself better. And it's intimidating as hell.

I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.

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.

I'm not a great writer.

The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important.

Writing teaches writing.

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

Read the kinds of things you want to write; read the kinds of things you would never write. Learn something from every writer you read.

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

I'm not as good a prose writer as I'd like to be, but I never aspired to that.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things others do.

I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.

When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You need to be imitating how they make their work, how they structure it, how they design the pieces. It gives you chops; it gives you moves.

All experience helps when you write.