The best way to become a writer is to go off and write.
Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.
The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life - and one is as good as another.
Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.
All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.
Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine.