Bad Writing Quotes

21 quotes by 19 authors

• It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing. — Truman Capote
• Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published. — Jacques Barzun
• I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic middle age, imposture, moneymaking, public relations, bad writing, mental confusion. — Stephen Spender
• I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel… — Stephen King
• If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what… — John Ciardi
• Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or… — George Henry Lewes
• I'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing — Stephen King
• A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing. — Don Roff
• Bad writing is more than a matter of (expletive deleted) syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories… — Stephen King
• You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing. Incredibly bad. I think it would be very interesting to… — William S. Burroughs
• Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious. — P.D. James
• It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting. — Adam Brody
• I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content… — Rick Riordan
• Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it. — Walter Darby Bannard
• Bad writing is bad not just because the language is humdrum, but the quality of the observation is so poor. — Christopher Isherwood
• The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and why would he… — Trey Parker
• Think 'Game of Thrones.' In the old days, this sort of show might be considered bad writing. It doesn't really seem to be moving toward… — Douglas Rushkoff
• The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits
• If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it ! — Alfred Adler
• I think finally good writing gets out there, and people like it, and bad writing doesn't. Well, no. Bad writing does get out there 'cause… — Robert B Parker

Who Wrote These Bad Writing Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 21 Bad Writing Quotes as follows:

• 3 Bad Writing Quotes by Stephen King
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Tom Waits
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Alfred Adler
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Robert B Parker
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Charlie Sheen
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Truman Capote
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Jacques Barzun
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Stephen Spender
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by John Ciardi
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by George Henry Lewes
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Don Roff
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by William S. Burroughs
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by P.D. James
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Adam Brody
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Rick Riordan
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Walter Darby Bannard
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Christopher Isherwood
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Trey Parker
• 1 Bad Writing Quote by Douglas Rushkoff