Writing 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…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“For a writer, I'm not sure that feeling of knowing you've just written something good and strong can be trumped. Not because it means…

— Cara Rosalie Olsen

“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.”

— George Orwell

“...a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend…

— E. B. White

“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

“Writing is also like love, if one can't have the courage to be a renunciant, they cannot write well.”

— Suman Pokhrel

“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.”

— Anna Quindlen

“The best writing takes you places you don't want to go. It drags you by the hair against your will and leaves you drained,…

— Penfist

“To find the courage to keep writing after constant failure is awesomeness. Winning is eminent.”

— Sereda Aleta Dailey

“But perhaps the real reason we keep writing is the hope naïve perhaps that we’ll make a better job of it next time. Unless…

— Geoff Nicholson

“A writer writes to a great extent to be read (let's admire those who say they don't, but not believe them).”

— Albert Camus

“I've worked really hard to make myself a better writer. I don't think writing is something that comes to people naturally; it is a…

— Nathan Nixon