Expected Quote by James Richardson

Sometimes people won't even finish a piece that you wrote, because they've already decided what it is that you want to say, and generally…

— Louis Menand

I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.

— Flannery O'Connor

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

— Marilyn vos Savant

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

— Don Roff

I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them…

— Robert Gottlieb

I'm not that guy who thinks I have all the answers. Writing is a means of communicating, and if enough people say, 'I don't…

— Noah Hawley

It is not possible to write clearly enough to avoid being misrepresented by people who are sufficiently determined to do so.

— Karl Popper

You shouldn't say anything mean about people who can't read. You should write it instead.

— Will Rogers

Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.

— Diana Athill

I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will…

— Michael Ondaatje

Sometimes, people write the things they can't say

— Haley James Scott

Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.

— Robert Louis Stevenson