Michelle Moran Quotes

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.

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.

All experience helps when you write.

Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.

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

I'm afraid there are no magical tips. There is no secret. Writing is all about telling stories as well as you can.

Early on, I tried fiction, but I wasn't very good at it. I wrote a very bad novel that is thankfully sitting in a drawer somewhere.

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

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.

If you want to take writing on, you should pay writing the respect it deserves, which is to say, reading it.

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

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have, it's the only way of learning how to write a story.

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

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

Writing will remain a passion project.

To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.

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

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.

I enjoy writing.

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've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just sit down and start writing. I don't sit down and start writing and it comes out perfectly - it's a process.

Writing is something I want to explore. If I were to do it, I would want it to be not a book made by a YouTuber; I would really want to respect that craft of literature and just be an author.

What one's goal should be is just to become a better writer and to tell different kinds of stories.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.