Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie.
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If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.
When you're young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound.
Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.
I love art, but not in a cliched, luvvie way.
There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring.
Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
Too many new writers dress up old cliches.
Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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