Best Good Writers Quotes

46 Good Writers quotes by 43 unique authors

Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess… — James J. Kilpatrick
What's not realized about good novelists is that they're as competitive as good athletes. They study each other - where the other person is good… — Norman Mailer
Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to… — Mark Haddon
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. — Ezra Pound
I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made… — Carl Sandburg
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright. — Aaron Sorkin
My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers. — James D. Watson
The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the… — Ray Bradbury
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins. — Anatole France
There is this thing called the university, and everybody goes there now. And there are these things called teachers who make students read this book… — Kurt Vonnegut
Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?' Obviously there are differences between men… — Joss Whedon
Good writers touch life often. — Ray Bradbury
Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't… — Orson Scott Card
I find that with any good run on a show with good writers, they put something on paper, and you put something back on film,… — Dallas Roberts
In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the… — Mandy Patinkin
Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do. — Eric Fellner
Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers… — Karin Slaughter
I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly. — Gary Shteyngart
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers… — Jonathan Kellerman

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