Doreen Cronin Quotes

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

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'm not a big fan of journalism schools, except those that are organized around a liberal arts education. Have an understanding of history, economics and political science - and then learn to write.

My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on the dining room table, gave me a stack of paper and said, 'Play like you're a writer.'

I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching.

For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

I want to go to college. I'm going to take four years off. I don't want to miss that. I want to be a writer. I think that'd be awesome.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

Journalism is a team sport. Writing novels is golf: it's you and the ball.

I love to write. English is my favorite subject in school.

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.

For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn't poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse.

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.

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

I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting doesn't inhibit the creative flow. When I was at school there was a huge focus on copying and testing and it put me off words and stories for years.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

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