Action Quote by Bryan Cranston

Good writing is like a bomb: it explodes in the face of the reader.

— Nuruddin Farah

“I’m certain I’ve written things that have offended people, yes – but no, I have never written anything for the sake of shock. Shock…

— Alistair Cross

I like going after good material, well-written material.

— Sam Underwood

Writing is the greatest thing that can happen to a human being. It's the best.

— Joss Whedon

“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.”

— Hemingway, Ernest

For novelists, sharply drawn moral conflicts are often useful, and even human and personal disasters can be seen as material.

— Justin Cartwright

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

— Terry Southern

Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.

— Aimee Bender

Good writing is everything.

— Corey Stoll

No blur of inexactness, no cloud of vagueness, is allowable in good writing; from the first seeing to the last putting down, there must…

— Eudora Welty

Like with anything, good writing suggest itself pretty strongly.

— Martin Freeman

In order to be a great writer a person must have a built-in, shockproof crap detector.

— Ernest Hemingway