All kinds Quote by Donna Jo Napoli

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.

— Susan Orlean

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to…

— Charlaine Harris

Writing is not just about putting words on a page. Ideas have to cook first.

— Fiona Barton

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

— Barbara Mertz

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word…

— Dick Cavett

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

— William Zinsser

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from…

— Annie Proulx

Mostly you write to find out what you have to say.

— Richard Bausch

When I write a page that reads badly I know that it is myself who has written it. When it reads well it has…

— Gerald Brenan