Jodi Picoult Quotes

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

Stephen King's 'On Writing' is probably the most useful writing book I've ever read.

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things others do.

I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.

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.

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

Many novice writers, students in particular, think that writing is little more than copying down their self-talk, the palaver of the voices they hear in their heads. Of course, self-talk is thinking, and writing begins with thinking.

I wanted to write.

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

Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say that I had a few extraordinary English teachers in high school whom I still credit for their guidance.

I'm not a great writer.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

I wanted to be a novelist for so long.

Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

Big Night and The Impostors are both things that I wrote.

All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just be something he said casually in conversation.

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

It's very hard to tell somebody how to write when they're so good, and they're a brilliant writer and a really good guy.

If I could chat with anyone, it would be Claire Messud, because I think she could tell me how to get better as a writer as I age.

Mainly I love working on good writing.

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

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.

When people ask me for secrets to writing, I say, 'Read to write.'

Writing is one of those jobs that everyone has an opinion on. I don't think this is a bad thing.

When you compose, it's like writing. You're like a writer. You just think all the time.