In 1913 he met the American poet Robert Frost, who encouraged him to write poetry.
He went to work in a car factory, but Dorthe encouraged him to write.
After writing a paper about organizational change, a professor encouraged him to write about Wall Street.
She encouraged him to write his first book in 1996 and found him a publisher.
In one letter from Graham, she encouraged him to write about his "deaths and entrances".
He says it was unhappy experiences such as these that encouraged him to write.
There was a silver lining to Twain's penury: it encouraged him to write.
She encouraged him to write to her, explaining what she should know about Jewish history.
I encouraged him to write his father a letter, helping him with spelling and punctuation.
At about that same time, he met playwright Thornton Wilder, who became his mentor and later encouraged him to write.
He was also influenced by Jim Valentine, who encouraged him to write papers on various paleobiological topics.
