Writing Quote by Bill Watterson

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating…

— Bill Watterson

“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.”

— Jason Fried

“Writing is about bringing words together to fullfill a purpose!!”

— Angela Y. Hodge

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami

“In the real world, writing is not artificially separated into specific discourses. It is blended for effect.”

— Kelly Gallagher

“no writing is a waste of time--no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work.”

— Brenda Ueland

“Writing, when all is said and done, is an attempt to understand one's own circumstance and to clarify the confusion of existence, including insecurities…

— Isabel Allende

“Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.”

— William Zinsser

“When it comes to writing, clarity trumps all rules.”

— C.E.McLean

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

— William Zinsser

“Writing is all at once an exploration of what is, and what is not. Of the known, and the unknown. A journey into the…

— Madelaine Standing