Robert Stacy McCain Quotes

Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get. But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.

Writing is like a sport. If you don't practice, you don't get any better.

What I've learned is that you get better at writing by writing, and that 'youthful energy' will only get you so far.

Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.

Practice makes perfect.

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

By writing much, one learns to write well.

The more you write, the better you will write! So - keep at it!

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

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.

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get at it. It's like bull-riding. You can't do it once, you know. You've got to practice it and practice it.

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

I'm learning a lot, and I'm trying to make it so that every time I write, it's better than the last time I've written.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

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.

Songwriting is a muscle. The more you do it, the better you get at it.

Whether I'm playing right now or not, I still have an opportunity to get better in practice. It's like sharpening my blade.

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

Be honest and accept it if you do not have talent. And if you do, hone your skills.

The more practice you have, the less stressful writing is.

Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

Perfect practice makes perfect.