Good Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

You have to write badly in order to write well.

— William Faulkner

It takes a lot of bad writing to get to a little good writing.

— Truman Capote

There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting.

— Louis D. Brandeis

You just can't make bad writing look good. But if you have good writing, you just say it, and it's almost done.

— Carol Kane

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

— Roald Dahl

You really can't write well if you're thinking about what the reviewers might say.

— A.M. Homes

I have always found writing very difficult.

— Sandra Brown

Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets.

— Alice Munro

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

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

— Robert Graves

You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write.

— Benjamin Booker

“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