Writing Quotes by Tracy Kidder

Tracy Kidder

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

Book

Good Day

Writing

Tracy Kidder

I always want to write something better than the last book.

Book

Want

Writing

Tracy Kidder

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

Hard Work

Mind

Writing

Tracy Kidder

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that’s really worth the time and effort you’ll put in.

Book

Effort

Writing

Tracy Kidder

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows – it’s usually hard to read.

Shows

Thinking

Writing

Tracy Kidder

Writing is revision. All prose responds to work.

Prose

Revision

Writing

Tracy Kidder

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

Enough

Interest

Writing

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Writing Quotes by Tracy Kidder

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

I always want to write something better than the last book.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that’s really worth the time and effort you’ll put in.

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows – it’s usually hard to read.

Writing is revision. All prose responds to work.

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

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