Men Quote by Anonymous

Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly.

— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

— Baron de Montesquieu

If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see…

— John Ciardi

He who writes badly thinks badly

— William Cobbett

“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.”

— George Orwell

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of…

— Ben Jonson

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“...a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend…

— E. B. White

“I'm a writer. I write because I don't talk so good.”

— Lionel Fisher

“I'm not as good a writer as some, but I'm not bad as most either.”

— Jonathan Heatt

“I've worked really hard to make myself a better writer. I don't think writing is something that comes to people naturally; it is a…

— Nathan Nixon

“He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink with brains.”

— Platt Rogers Spencer