The only thing worse than writing is not writing.

Emphasizing and rewarding length over quality results in worse writing and more reader abandonment.

— Marco Arment

Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.

— Flannery O'Connor

“There’s nothing worse than writing. There’s nothing better than writing. It’s like the man you hate to love, love to hate and never really…

— Coco J. Ginger

There's one thing worse than change and that's the status quo.

— John le Carre

“If there’s one thing worse than not HAVING a job… It’s LOOKING for one!”

— Laurence Stuart

“The only thing that's worse than people who say "I am what I am" is people who say "I yam what I yam" while…

— Ariel Leve

The only thing worse than being in the Hall of Fame is not being in the Hall of Fame.

— Tom Waits

“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate…

— Alan Wilson Watts

My only close-to-game-plan is to follow good writing. If the writing is in TV or if it's in theater or in film, that's it.…

— Adam Driver

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

— Joan Baez

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.

— Malcolm X

“The only thing worse than a perilous adventure is a boring one.”

— Lemony Snicket

The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.

— Seth Godin

“The only thing worse than regretting the things you've done is regretting the things you didn't do.”

— Samantha Leahy

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.”

— Helen Keller