Quotes about Writing Success

There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board: read widely, learn the craft by whatever means you can - workshops and writing programs are ideal, but even self-study can work - apply what you learn, and persevere. Votes: 4

Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less. Votes: 2

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. Votes: 2

I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels. Votes: 2

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons. Votes: 2

Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country. Votes: 2

I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success. Votes: 2

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14. Votes: 2

I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do. Votes: 2

I'd always fantasized about writing a new play. Even when I had all this success in television, what I was daydreaming about in my dressing room is that one day I would do it. Votes: 2

Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact. Votes: 2

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure. Votes: 2

Music has always been a huge passion in my life. I've just had such success with my acting that it's really been right alongside of it, and I've always been writing and playing and singing. Votes: 2

Since 1988, I have been writing steadily. I did decide a couple of years or so ago to scale back to writing one book a year - a sort of semi-retirement. But I never did have much success with that plan! Votes: 2

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book. Votes: 2

I was really surprised at the success of 'House of Sand and Fog,' because it is so awfully dark. Believe it or not, when writing it, I never had the word 'tragedy' in my head - I wasn't trying to write a dark book at all. Votes: 2

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige. Votes: 2

If you are making money writing, you are doing great. If you can support yourself writing, you are a success. I don't care if you're writing textbooks or Pulitzer Prize-winning articles for weighty publications of world renown: If you're writing and it's paying the bills, consider yourself a successful writer. Votes: 2

Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success. Votes: 2

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works. Votes: 2

I help people define and achieve their definition of success by providing information, motivation, and inspiration through writing books and coaching. Votes: 0

Mike Royce and I have always had success writing what we know. What we know now is that we're middle-aged, neurotic and fat. Votes: 0

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not. Votes: 0

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work. Votes: 0

You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing: writing. Votes: 0

The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it. Votes: 0

You keep your followers confused when you begin very well and give up too early... Suspense is useful in movies, but useless when writing your success stories! Votes: 0