Artifice Quote by Michael Arndt

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

— Truman Capote

I think the best writing is full of honesty and conviction. A lot of people are afraid to reveal much of themselves.

— Sam Fender

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

— Joy Williams

“One great difference between good writing, that readers overlook, and bad writing, that they fail to notice, has to do with the number of…

— Ira Levin

I think the hardest part of writing anything is getting exposition out easily, without hitting people over the head with it.

— Jillian Bell

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

— Roald Dahl

The secret of good writing is telling the truth.

— Gordon Lish

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

— Louis D. Brandeis

Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.

— Kate Mulgrew

The writing I tend to think of as 'good' is good because it's mysterious.

— Aimee Bender