Bad writing is bad not just because the language is humdrum, but the quality of the observation is so poor. — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Everyone has a certain amount of bad writing to get out of their system. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Bad writing is like a bad relationship. Don't be addicted to it just because you are familiar with its ways. Let go. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“Sounding throaty like a dog before it barfed, he said, “Put her in the chair.” — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
You just can't make bad writing look good. But if you have good writing, you just say it, and it's almost done. — Carol Kane Copy Share Image
bad writing's like bad women: there's just not much you can do about it — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I just keep following the good writing. I'm not good enough to make bad writing look good. Some people can, and I… — Paul Sparks Copy Share Image
I do think there's a lot of bad writing, and I worry about that in philosophy. I worry about it even more… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
You can't improv off of bad writing. Then you have to actually create your objective, which is really hard to do in… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
Think 'Game of Thrones.' In the old days, this sort of show might be considered bad writing. It doesn't really seem to… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“When explicit thinking patterns were in charge, light waves of particular lengths were thought to stimulate Jenny’s optical nerve, changing hue of… — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
It's difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
I'm really bad writing the chase scenes or fighting scenes. I'm much better for writing, like, a more melancholic or tragic music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
“I want to say something about bad writing. I'm proud of my bad writing. Everyone is so intelligent lately, and stylish. Fucking… — Ariana Reines Copy Share Image
“In his Comedy , Dante Alighieri names Virgil, with many tokens of respect, as his teacher, and yet as Herr Meinhard remarks,… — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Bad writing is more than a matter of (expletive deleted) syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns… — John Ciardi Copy Share Image
The way the show was conceived originally and developed, has always had good writing at the heart of it, it's very difficult… — Denis Lawson Copy Share Image
“Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious." [ Ten rules for writing fiction , The Guardian, 20 February 2010 (with… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
You can make bad writing 'OK,' but... you really need to start with a good script and with characters that are three-dimensional… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
“If what's always distinguished bad writing--flat characters, a narrative world that's clichéd and not recognizably human, etc.--is also a description of today's… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Except in stock locutions, such as "You were paid yesterday," "The Germans were defeated," or "The project was abandoned," the passive voice… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
“Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!” — Margarita Gakis Copy Share Image
Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all. — Will Shetterly Copy Share Image
“(Slap) “Owhhh … ” Raymond yelled as the Old Man’s cane hit his face.” — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
