Complexes Quote by Carl Bereiter

The best essays come from the moment in which people really need to work something out.

— Marilynne Robinson

The essay is one of my favourite forms of writing, and I feel like what's inside is really personal, more so than with shorter…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

With writing, obviously you can really take the time to crack what you're going to say and build to a big point.

— Steve Kornacki

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

— Chris Abani

Vigorous writing is concise.

— William Strunk, Jr

An essay is a thing of the imagination. If there is information in an essay, it is by-the-by, and if there is an opinion,…

— Cynthia Ozick

My teacher told us essays are like skirts....Long enough to cover the subject short enough to make it interesting.

— Anonymous

I never start with what lots of people think of as a subject or a theme. They're school words, not art words. So, writing…

— Tim Winton

“Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon what a…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Writing takes too much patience and it takes too much out of you for me to want to attempt it too often.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words.

— Mary H.K. Choi

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.

— E. L. Doctorow