Best Good Writing Quotes

151 Good Writing quotes by 124 unique authors

By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one… — Roald Dahl
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing. — Horace
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from… — Judy Collins
I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about… — Tony Goldwyn
The secret of good writing is telling the truth. — Gordon Lish
I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make belief… — Brian Evenson
Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence… — Edward Abbey
The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has to be exciting,… — Ray Bradbury
Brendan O’Meara’s Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales of the track… — Madeleine Blais
All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another. — Francine Prose
Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art, and good writing can be good selling. — William Bernbach
The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could… — William Zinsser
The point of good writing is knowing when to stop. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the things… — Richard Bausch
Good writing never soothes or comforts. It is no prescription, neither is it diversionary, although it can and should enchant while it explodes in the… — Joy Williams
The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your… — Stephen King
I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of… — E. Nesbit
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
All good writing is built one good line at a time. You build a novel the same way you do a pyramid. One word, one… — Kate Braverman
I never feel more myself than when I’m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day. — Anthony Minghella
Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up. — John Edgar Wideman
I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition,… — Jane Asher
Good writing is formed partly through plan and partly through accident. — Ken Macrorie
Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light. — Ken Macrorie
It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might… — Ashly Lorenzana

Who Wrote These Good Writing Quotes

124 authors contributed a total of 151 Good Writing Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Good Writing Quotes

More Ways to Read Good Writing Quotes

Who Wrote These Good Writing Quotes