Books Quote by D Michael Hardy

“Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader’s mind — vividly, forcefully…

— Samuel R. Delany

It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have.

— Nadine Gordimer

Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind---vividly, forcefully...

— Samuel R. Delany

Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.

— Rod Serling

Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not…

— Madame de Stael

“Don't ask yourself if your talented - others answer that question. And if people do accept what you write, let your only conclusion be…

— Lyuben Dilov

No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you…

— Brenda Ueland

Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time.…

— Susan Sontag

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami

Thank God for being a writer, because you do sort of find out what you think by the process of writing.

— Robyn Davidson

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon