Nunnally Johnson

It must be five times as hard to become a proficient writer as to become a proficient doctor, mainly because there is no true and tried education process for a writer, so every fellow who wants to write for profit, including my daughter Nora, must be prepared for a long, slow, and often very discouraging preparation. But if he’s got it in him to be a writer, this won’t stop him. If he stops, it’s a fair sign that he was never intended to be a writer in the first place.