“Except in stock locutions, such as "You were paid yesterday," "The Germans were defeated," or "The project was abandoned," the passive voice… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“There is one surefire way to produce bad writing: submit to the slavery of a deadline.” — Flavia Idà Copy Share Image
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person… — Rachel Bloom Copy Share Image
“A person who wrote badly did better than a person who does not write at all. A bad writing can be corrected.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Heresy is usually quite sophisticated, actually has a meaning, and is to be taken very seriously. It is therefore to be carefully… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does. — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
“Is this a case of “Do as I say, not as I do?” The reader has a perfect right to ask the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There is no left and right in writing. There is only good and bad writing. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The way the show was conceived originally and developed, has always had good writing at the heart of it, it's very difficult… — Denis Lawson Copy Share Image
Think 'Game of Thrones.' In the old days, this sort of show might be considered bad writing. It doesn't really seem to… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“You can only write regularly if you're willing to write badly. You can't write regularly and well. One should accept bad writing… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I have come to the belief that there is not merely an accidental relationship between bad writing and routine sociological research, but… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
It's difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I do think there's a lot of bad writing, and I worry about that in philosophy. I worry about it even more… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I'm really bad writing the chase scenes or fighting scenes. I'm much better for writing, like, a more melancholic or tragic music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
You can't improv off of bad writing. Then you have to actually create your objective, which is really hard to do in… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
“…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Sounding throaty like a dog before it barfed, he said, “Put her in the chair.” — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
[Raymond] Chandler, I reread him, and there's a lot of bad writing there. I don't think he knew much about people. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
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