Good writers Quote by Jacqueline Susann Download Open image “Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn't want to shake hands with him.” — Jacqueline Susann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Good writers Hands Philip Shakes Want Writing
Philip Roth is a fabulous writer, but he pretty much stays within his own life. He's so good - I mean, practically anything I've… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Roth Unbound is filled with intelligent readings and smart judgments. Because of the author's sympathy and sharp mind, it offers real insight into the… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
If you were placing bets on which author would write the tenderest, most moving book about fatherhood, Philip Roth would probably come in at… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate. — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here and there. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
In fiction, I have been on a Zweig kick. In England over December, I noticed that many British newspapers' year-end recommenders were praising the… — Sylvia Brownrigg Copy Share Image
Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing. — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
“Neely O'Hara: [drunk in a bar] Who's stoned? I am merely traveling incognito.” — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
People parted, years passed, they met again- and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memories, only the acid knowledge that time had… — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
“Everyone should at least try to do the thing he wants to do. Later in life situations and responsibilities force people to compromise. But… — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
“They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope. Now get out… — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
I wanted to write it long before I wrote Every Night, Josephine! I'd been thinking about it a long time. — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
Do not measure the number of tragedies you sustain, but to quantify the success you derive from them. — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
“So what? You're no worse off than if you hadn't asked. At least this way you give yourself a fifty-fifty chance” — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
“Pensa-se de dia – a – dia. Se começamos a pensar no futuro, no nosso futuro pessoal, perdemos a coragem. E, de repente, lembramo-nos… — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
“She was climbing Mount Everest and the air was invigorating and wonderful. Even if every second verged on crisis, this was part of living… — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists. — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people. — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
So many interviews, even ones that I consider really intelligent and good writers, will do the, like, 'Oh, you're not taking your clothes off… — Lorde Copy Share Image
What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to… — Jim Bishop Copy Share Image
My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does. — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
No theoretician, no writer on art, however interesting he or she might be, could be as interesting as Picasso. A good writer on art… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image