Communication Quote by Charles Stross

Reading any piece of writing aloud is an acid test, particularly when it comes to dialogue. There were writers I'd always admired who suddenly…

— Anne Tyler

Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear much resemblance…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.

— Joan Didion

Well, it's my voice, so it's more accessible that way, and there are also all sorts of things like plot and timelines that are…

— Alice Sebold

As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.

— David Frum

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

— Piers Anthony

Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Novel writing, to me, is all about language: choosing your words, finding the characters within the words and just really agonizing over every word.…

— Jonathan Tropper

I think there are a lot of writers that can get away with not being gifted with words.

— Evanna Lynch

It's too easy to unconsciously echo another novelist's voice while reading fiction, a habit of mimicry I probably picked up as a musician.

— Greg Iles

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

— Donald Trump

Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I…

— Joel Edgerton