Ability Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

“Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade...It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Good writing happens when human beings follow particular steps to take control of their sentences-to make their words do what they want them to…

— Ralph Fletcher

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 clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader’s mind — vividly, forcefully…

— Samuel R. Delany

Most of the characteristics which make for success in writing are precisely those which we are all taught to repress ... the firm belief…

— Robert Anton Wilson

Good writing comes from good talent.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami

Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.

— John Edgar Wideman

Good writing is often about trying to investigate something you feel is missing and trying to put it back.

— Abi Morgan

To make anything successful, you need a good writer.

— Paresh Rawal

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get…

— Thomas Steinbeck

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon