Write Understood Quotes

“Write to be understood not to impress.”

— Gurnam Singh Sodhi

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

— William Howard Taft

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

— Lawrence Clark Powell

“I don't write to be understood; I write to understand.”

— Robert Cecil Day-Lewis

If you're writing a song, you have to write something that can be understood serially. When you're reading a poem that's written…

— James Fenton