Books Quote by James J. Kilpatrick

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

All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.

— Francine Prose

Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at…

— Harlan Coben

“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

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

— Robert Stacy McCain

Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to…

— Christopher Paolini

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

— Hermann Hesse

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

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to…

— Robert Caro

Writers who don't read can't write well. It's that simple. The more you read, the better you read, the better you'll write. The upside…

— Laura Lippman

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a…

— George Orwell

Writing is very much perceived as something distinct from performance. I don't see it like that.

— Robert Lepage