“This too to remember. If a man writes clearly enough any one can see if he fakes. If he mystifies to avoid… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“It won't work. You see, he is a liar and a thief. And he's been one for too long. He can't retire… — Julien Duvivier Henri Jeanson Copy Share Image
It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all. — Will Shetterly Copy Share Image
Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!” — Margarita Gakis Copy Share Image
“Because I want to have sex with him--and because that's sinful--I'm blushing and flushing furiously under his scrutinizing scrutiny.” — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
What helps change bad writing into mediocre writing is editing. Editing is in bad shape in print journalism, and is in virtually… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
Bad writing is more than a matter of (expletive deleted) syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing. Incredibly bad. I think it would be… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
You can make bad writing 'OK,' but... you really need to start with a good script and with characters that are three-dimensional… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. It cheapens and degrades the human… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
