Bad stuff Quote by Jennifer Egan

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at…

— Anonymous

If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good.

— Steven Galloway

You have to write badly in order to write well.

— William Faulkner

Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.

— Aimee Bender

Learn to write well, or not to write at all.

— John Dryden

With writing, obviously you can really take the time to crack what you're going to say and build to a big point.

— Steve Kornacki

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

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what…

— Wilbur Smith

It's not hard to write poorly. But to write something good, it has to be revised.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I try to write every day. Sometimes the things come out well, and sometimes they don't. When they come out well you think, Wow,…

— Richard Ayoade

Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured…

— Margaret Haddix

“Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word…

— Richelle E. Goodrich