Art Quote by John Ruskin

It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or…

— John Ruskin

Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest…

— John Ruskin

If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.

— Paul Graham

Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words.

— Arthur Bryant

When I read a novel that I really like, I feel as if I am in direct, personal communication with the author. I feel…

— Neal Stephenson

I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning...Who ever thought I'd be a children's author -- let alone a best-selling children's…

— Brian Jacques

I know that I am a singer and an actor, yet in order to give the public the impression that I am neither one…

— Enrico Caruso

I guess what inspires me most is the desire to draw out feelings that feel best expressed on the written page by really good…

— Guy Maddin

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel…

— Stephenie Meyer

Sometimes reactions can be quite surprising: readers like things that you, the author, feel you've barely gotten away with; or they dislike one of…

— Margaret Atwood

if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect.

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.

— Brandon Sanderson