Writing Quote by David Foster Wallace

“Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.”

— Jason Fried

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

“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

“Writing is more than typing words: Any action that is instrumental in completing a writing project counts as writing.”

— Paul J. Silvia

“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

“Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone.”

— Neil Postman

“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

“Writing is a simple but elusive art,” he said. “To write is to describe. Describe accurately and respectfully. And perhaps passionately.”

— Josh Farrar

Vigorous writing is concise.

— William Strunk, Jr

“Writing is a craft and needs constant practice.”

— Patricia Highsmith

“...'good writing' means compelling ideas clothed in words.”

— Betsey Lerner

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.

— Natalie Goldberg