Born Quote by Alberto Moravia

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Bad writers are those who try to express their own feeble ideas in the language of good ones.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.

— JoAnn Ross

It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

— Zoë Heller

There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out there.

— Colson Whitehead

Good writing comes from good talent.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

— Ezra Pound

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

“There are no bad writers only people with different taste and opinions”

— Vianka Van Bokkem

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.

— Lauren Graham

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

— Anne Enright