The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new…

“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.”

— Richard Harding Davis

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.

— Horace

“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every long word…

— William Zinsser

There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

— Rod Serling

“What is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have something to say. Part Two: Say it well.”

— Edward Abbey

Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi…

— Horace

I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.

— Marianne Faithfull

I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there,…

— Larry Gelbart

So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how you say…

— Isaac Asimov

Sometimes I'll be writing something, and I say to myself, 'Okay, that's definitely DTB,' or, 'It's definitely Strapping.'

— Devin Townsend

“Because it is idiotic. Writing when there's nothing to say...”

— Aldous Huxley

Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.

— Delmore Schwartz

As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say,…

— Ranbir Kapoor

Major writing is to say that which has been seen, so that it need never be said again; so that which has been seen…

— Delmore Schwartz