I’m convinced fear is at the root of most bad writing.”…

I'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing

— Stephen King

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending, that haunts our sleep so much as the fear…

— Anonymous

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

— Alexei Navalny

“My fear, at root, was a spiritual problem that was all tied up with selfishness and a growing bitterness toward God for my lot…

— Hannah K. Grieser

Fear is the root of all courage

— Vivian Stanshall

Fear is the root of my failure.

— Cv Pillay

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

— Don Roff

Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does.

— Dan Harmon

“He isn't a - well...eh." She made a face. "Well, yeah.”

— Molly McAdams

“Heresy is usually quite sophisticated, actually has a meaning, and is to be taken very seriously. It is therefore to be carefully distinguished from…

— Anonymous

“A person who wrote badly did better than a person who does not write at all. A bad writing can be corrected. An empty…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.

— Rachel Bloom

The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.

— Tom Waits

“There is one surefire way to produce bad writing: submit to the slavery of a deadline.”

— Flavia Idà

“Except in stock locutions, such as "You were paid yesterday," "The Germans were defeated," or "The project was abandoned," the passive voice is virtually…

— John Gardner