Good Writing famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Only bad writers think that their work is really good.
-- Anne Enright -
I never feel more myself than when I’m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.
-- Anthony Minghella -
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
-- Dick Schaap -
Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
-- Harold Pinter -
Good writing will bring you to places you don't even expect sometimes.
-- James Gandolfini -
Good writing is formed partly through plan and partly through accident.
-- Ken Macrorie -
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing.
-- Mark Haddon -
Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.
-- Meg Wolitzer -
In good writing, words become one with things.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.
-- Robert Graves -
There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.
-- Stephen Ambrose -
It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.
-- Truman Capote -
The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components,
-- William Zinsser -
What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances.
-- Carrie Coon