I really dislike it when people talk about "experimental," because any good writer is experimental. — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first. — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Usually people who do bad things make good writers.I did a lot of bad things, which is why my novels are interesting. — Jakucho Setouchi Copy Share Image
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn't get read. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I love co-writing. That whole process is a challenge in that good writers are pushing you. — Lauren Daigle Copy Share Image
A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time. — Richard Hugo Copy Share Image
Writing is physical work. It's sweaty work. You just can't will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work… — Wil Haygood Copy Share Image
You can't be both a writer and a politician, at least not a good writer. A writer must always tell the truth… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I retained no records and I am not a good writer anyhow. So the best approach is for historians like you to… — Shunroku Hata Copy Share Image
My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of… — R. A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters. — John Banville Copy Share Image
I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
One of the qualities essential to writing exciting stories, whether for page or screen, is an ability to abandon one's morality. We… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful, and that is… — Douglas Bond Copy Share Image
I believe a good writer can write a good book with any sort of character, in any sort of setting, but I… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I don't want to tell people what to think. I'm the least qualified person in the world for that. If I'd go… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character.… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Learning to write is not a linear process. There is no logical A-to-B-to-C way to become a good writer. One neat truth… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
So many interviews, even ones that I consider really intelligent and good writers, will do the, like, 'Oh, you're not taking your… — Lorde Copy Share Image
“All good writers write [terrible first drafts.] This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts. .… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in… — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
I really need to know where I'm going with fiction to write it in a way that at least I'm happy with.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
There is this thing called the university, and everybody goes there now. And there are these things called teachers who make students… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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