Lauren Tarshis Quotes

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.

Writing teaches writing.

If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time.

I think writing well takes a little bit of talent and an awful lot of work.

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

All experience helps when you write.

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

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

Write every day. You don't have to write about anything specific, but you should exercise your writing muscle constantly.

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

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.

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

Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at it.

But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

It takes practice to do anything unique within this field, period, in writing, practice doing anything unique in writing.

The only way to learn writing is by writing. Talent, as charming as it sounds, amounts to no more than 12 per cent of the process. Work is 80 per cent. The remaining 8 per cent is 'luck' or 'zeitgeist' - in short, things that are not in our hands.

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.

Like most art forms, writing is part instinct and part craft. The craft part is the part that can be taught, and that can make a crucial difference to lots of writers.

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.

You can't teach somebody how to be a good writer.

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

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

Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my process on different things, but I will say this: The more you write, the better you get at it. That's one of the few things that's markedly true.