Cutting Quote by David Mamet

“I am a writer....a master of words.'Like a knife, words should be handled carefully. They can cut deeply, the wound may never heal, and…

— Ey Wade

“One great difference between good writing, that readers overlook, and bad writing, that they fail to notice, has to do with the number of…

— Ira Levin

As a story writer, you have work with sharp but relatively small tools, the picks of metaphor, the shovel blade of images, the trowel…

— David Means

Writing, for me, is a little like wood carving. You find the lump of tree (the big central theme that gets you started), and…

— Terry Pratchett

The best part of writing is thinking about the story. And then everything else takes a lot of discipline.

— Kareem Mortimer

“In my experience, cutting back is the crucial act that allows the vitality, precision and emotional heart of a piece of writing to emerge.”

— Pamela Erens

“Good writing, on the other hand, teaches the learning writer about style, graceful narration, plot development, the creation of believable characters, and truth-telling. A…

— Stephen King

“Writing is like sculpturing words out of a block of imagination. Sentences chisel the story, then characters make it their own.”

— Federico Chini

It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.

— Liane Moriarty

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring…

— Andre Maurois

“I think that to be a good writer, you have to put yourself on the line, you have to think deeply about what is…

— Marilynne Robinson

That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember that the…

— Michael Scott