Nikki Grimes Quotes

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes.

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

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.

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.

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.

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.

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

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

Part of being a writer is just getting it in your bones, getting the muscle memory down, just doing it.

Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.

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

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.

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.

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

Writing can't be taught.

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

The desire to write grows with writing.

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.

Writing teaches writing.

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.

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.

Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the muscle.

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

I learned to write by writing.