How I Became a Writer Quotes

“All of which is only to explain how I came by a piece of equipment that most writers have to acquire one way or another: an unusual tolerance, even a preference, for instability. Not that they don’t suffer from being unsure of next year’s plans or this month’s rent. They do. But, unlike many people, they can live with it.”
― Gloria Steinem, How I Became a Writer

“Don’t make a story go stale by telling it to all your friends before your write it.”
― Gloria Steinem, How I Became a Writer

“one writerly habit was describing everything I did, no matter how absorbing or how trivial, as if I were standing outside myself and watching.”
― Gloria Steinem, How I Became a Writer

“I soon developed myopia and a firm belief that people in books were not only more interesting but more real than people outside of books.”
― Gloria Steinem, How I Became a Writer

“To write simply is as difficult as to be good.” Somerset Maugham.”
― Gloria Steinem, How I Became a Writer