Choosing one Quote by Francine Prose

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

— Theodore Sturgeon

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

In good writing, words become one with things.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice.

— Robert Stacy McCain

“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

The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as he goes…

— James J. Kilpatrick

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.

— Caroline Gordon

Good writing happens when human beings follow particular steps to take control of their sentences-to make their words do what they want them to…

— Ralph Fletcher

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

— Ezra Pound

The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of…

— Stephen King

Good writing comes from good talent.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose - Anything goes

— Cole Porter