Good Writing Quotes

151 quotes by 124 authors

I had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my love of storytelling. It's what made me excited to… — Sophia Bush
Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art.… — Truman Capote
There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane. — Orson Scott Card
The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality. — Jennifer Aniston
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way. — Richard Harding Davis
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment. — Horace
An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose. — Barbara Tuchman
There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to… — Elwyn Brooks White
Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between people. And that's… — John Green
Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing. — Joel Chandler Harris
The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis. — William Styron
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz and John Grisham… — David Foster Wallace
Only bad writers think that their work is really good. — Anne Enright
Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing. — Truman Capote
Good writing is rewriting. — Truman Capote
Good writing is essentially rewriting. — Roald Dahl
In good writing, words become one with things. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good. — Steven Galloway
The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as he goes along. — James J. Kilpatrick

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