Abandonment Quote by Marco Arment

The longer I carry on, the more difficult writing seems to get.

— W. G. Sebald

The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as he goes…

— James J. Kilpatrick

“Writers pay a lot of attention to wordage, because some publishers seem to care more about length than about quality and will automatically reject…

— Piers Anthony

“In another surprise, when letters are omitted from words in a text, requiring the reader to supply them, reading is slowed, and retention improves.”

— Peter C. Brown

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write.

— Annie Dillard

Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at…

— Harlan Coben

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

All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give a reader…

— Susan Cheever

To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are…

— Emily Gould

“My goal when writing is to engage the reader. Having my words play out like a movie - Rewarding. Having the reader wanting more…

— Elizabeth Cook-Howard

“There is an aversion to long chunks of sentences...The dire problem is that long chunks of sentences are still the best way humans have…

— Dick Meyer