Books Quote by Katie Kitamura

Whatever I'm doing, I try to write well. I try to give the reader a nice, clean well-written surface, where the writing is transparent.…

— Shelby Steele

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

Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

— Iris Murdoch

Sometimes with certain writing, you feel like you've got to be literal, hit it hard on the nose, just to get the point across.…

— Chace Crawford

Good writing is lean and confident.

— Anonymous

That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember that the…

— Michael Scott

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

Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod…

— Barbara Tuchman

Fine writing is a distinct disadvantage. So is unique literary style. They take attention from the subject

— Claude C. Hopkins

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 good writing. In many ways, it’s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary fiction expects…

— Rosemary Clement-Moore

“I think there really is no other way to write a long, serious novel. You work, shelve it for a while, work, shelve it…

— John Gardner