Platform Quote by Chuck Sambuchino

“Great writing requires great doubt and great self-confidence. One without the other inspires mediocrity.”

— Chloe Thurlow

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Writing is a craft and needs constant practice.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“If you want to become a better writer, you have to write. But you also have to read.”

— Kami Garcia

“Writing takes place in an open playing field with limitless possibilities, most of them terrible.”

— Scott Gates

“Good writing just isn't that common.”

— Eric Flint

“Bad writing is better than no writing.”

— Dina Santorelli

“The p'int of good writing is to know when to stop.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“It is necessary to write, that much is clear, and to write in a way quite unlike any way which I have employed before.”

— Iris Murdoch

“You can only write well, what you have experienced.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The author must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway