Bird Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

— Logan Pearsall Smith

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

— Patricia T. O'Conner

That's all a writer has to write about - what he sees and hears and what not.

— Truman Capote

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great…

— Yann Martel

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

— Barbara Mertz

Good writers are visible just behind their words.

— William Zinsser

The writing I tend to think of as 'good' is good because it's mysterious.

— Aimee Bender

“Writers by nature are subversive, observant, and discerning, and their voice contains that.”

— Amy Tan

I used to think that most published writers, the ones I admired, had a muse, or a special connection to the universe, to nature,…

— Ayobami Adebayo

The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he…

— Andre Gide

“A good writer is also an avid reader. A good reader is also a vivid dreamer. A good dreamer is also a good learner.…

— Ana Claudia Antunes