As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I just keep following the good writing. I'm not good enough to make bad writing look good. Some people can, and I… — Paul Sparks Copy Share Image
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over… — Leon Edel Copy Share Image
Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to… — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
If you're hooked on the physical act of writing, there's a good chance of your hanging in there long enough to say… — Peter Meinke Copy Share Image
“A piece of writing is never good,” he told me. “There is simply a moment when it is less bad than before.” — Joël Dicker Copy Share Image
The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
There is a whole industry in America of people who want to write, and those who teach it. Even if the students… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When you start to write, things begin to come into focus in a way they don't when you're not writing. It's a… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
Good writing is good writing. In many ways, it’s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary… — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against… — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
Ernest Hemingway has been the most important influence on me as a writer. But at a certain point as a writer, I… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
In Bulgarian I am much more flowery, the sentences are wilder. In English out of necessity I try to be clear and… — Miroslav Penkov Copy Share Image
I would rather not write if I'm depressed, or am going through a breakup, or I've had some disappointment, or I'm having… — Mandy Stadtmiller Copy Share Image
Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Half your battle is won when the writing is good, and then you as an artist bring your personality into it. — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
“I’m glad you are feeling more deeply drawn into your book; as for your not being sure now what it is about,… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“What one gains in technique can lead to deforestation in the writing that is both good and bad. Keep the energy and… — Nancy Zafris Copy Share Image
I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up,… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
“in the writing of good English is indispensable to any learned man who expects to make his learning count for what it… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I haven't stopped writing which is good. I'm scared to stop completely otherwise it might lead to stagnancy. — Kimbra Copy Share Image
It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I think comedy is very easy. Its all in the writing. If the writing is good and you have good director it… — Chunky Pandey Copy Share Image
Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
When I'm writing something, if there's a part that's good for me, then I'll play it. Otherwise, I don't. And I notice… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. Anything that stops you writing is… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I began to imitate what I was reading, and I started to become a poet, even though what I was writing were… — Edward Hirsch 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
“training in the writing of good English is indispensable to any learned man who expects to make his learning count for what… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything… — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
Writing is such a good thing to do because you can't really get bored with it. If you're bored with writing, you're… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit. — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as evil is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected on.… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
