There is no great writing, only great rewriting.

Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say…

— Julia Glass

“On the drive over, Richards kept marveling at the transforming power of having a felony to commit. His brother looked more like his "normal"…

— Robert Roper

“A dysfunctional family makes for great writing -”

— Angela Rose

Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper.

— Ray Bradbury

“Before I could get my bearings he was on top of me and shoving my face down into the dirt. He was bigger and…

— Tana French

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

— Clive Owen

First of all, anything Ryan Murphy is a part of is a good idea to be a part of. He's got just such a…

— Mark Salling

“What was glimpsed in Aquarius—what was envisioned, believed in, prophesied, predicted, doubted, and forewarned—is made, in Pisces, manifest. Those solitary visions that, but a…

— Eleanor Catton

“In truly good writing no matter how many times you read it you do not know how it is done. That is beacause there…

— Ernest Hemingway

It's hard to imagine there's a place for great writing inside a multinational conglomerate.

— Matthew Specktor

“... and Louisa watched another car arriving, this one as unmarked as the cop cars, but more so.”

— Mick Herron

I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film,…

— Peter Dinklage

I write less about alcohol, less and less and less. You 're an addict - so of course you write about the thing you…

— Sherman Alexie

“Damn, Easy,” the intrepid sideman said. “Trouble got your name tattooed on the inside’a his eyelids. He be studyin’ you in his sleep.”

— Walter Mosley

“I spent years in a graduate literature program learning what makes great writing, and the only conclusion we came to was that the future…

— Brandon Sanderson