Books Quote by Ben Jonson

There are three things you need to be a good writer: you need to read a lot, you need to write a lot, and…

— Clay Shirky

Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to…

— Henry Watson Fowler

read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the…

— P. D. James

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

— Nancy Hale

To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener. The rest…

— Jean Craighead George

“If you want to become a better writer, you have to write. But you also have to read. One of the things I love…

— Kami Garcia

“A writer's style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous. The greatest writers have the…

— Ernest Hemingway

“A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks…

— Anonymous

To write, I think it is very important to read. The more you read, the more you know the techniques of writing.

— Sudha Murty

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

— Patricia T. O'Conner

The quality which makes man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for self-exposure and masochism. Like one of those guys…

— James Jones

In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important…

— John Locke