Best Writers Quotes

19 quotes by 19 authors

Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police… — Stephen King
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Oh, I'm going to miss everything. It's been the most amazing and significant job of my life obviously and I'll always have it near and… — Alyson Hannigan
Reading the very best writersâ€”let us say Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoyâ€”is not going to make us better citizens. Art is perfectly useless, according to the… — Harold Bloom
The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers. — Raymond Chandler
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and The Old Man… — Constance Hale
At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You… — Walter Mosley
Find the best writers, pay them to write, and avoid typos at all costs. — Ernest Hemingway
Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a common occurrence in… — William Strunk, Jr.
Wayne Curtis is one of our very best writers! — David Adams Richards
As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled… — Jo Nesbo
I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were… — Rupert Sanders
The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background. — Rick Bragg
Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have… — Clement Greenberg
Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles. — Norm MacDonald
There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books. — Richard Scarry
I know you've all heard the advice, "Show, don't tell." The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just show you --… — Josh Lanyon
I have a problem with blogs - all the best writers benefit from edits. — Rick Moranis
The best writers attempt to become alternative historians. — Colum McCann

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