Monotony Quote by George G. Williams

“You don’t become a good writer overnight. It takes persistence and repetition to gain mastery.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...”

— CJ Heck

“The skill of writing needs much patience, practicing, and time. There is no good writing from a quick effort, or a confused writer.”

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

“In truly good writing no matter how many times you read it you do not know how it is done. That is beacause there…

— Ernest Hemingway

“The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.”

— Sara Sheridan

“Being a writer guarantees that you will spend too much time alone -- and that as a result, your mind will begin to warp.”

— Anne Lamott

“An aspiring writer should write one time and edit ten times.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Writing is physical work. It’s sweaty work. You can’t just will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.”

— Will Haygood

But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work

— Donna Tartt

“Every so often I'll hear writers say that there are other writers they would read if for no other reason than to marvel at…

— Francine Prose

“I sometimes marvel that a third-rate writer like me has been able to palm himself off as a second-rate writer.”

— John Collier