Attitude Quote by Nicholaa Spencer

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A good critic knows that he or she can be wrong, as does a good writer.”

— Andy Merton

“How good a book is should be judged by the man who writes it by the excellence of the material that he eliminates.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“Don't listen to critics. Their job is to critique. You're a writer. Your job is to write.”

— Ksenia Anske

“A great reader makes a great writer”

— Kate DiCamillo

“Great books can be ruined by bad writers.”

— Travis Simmons

“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations…

— Nora Roberts

“There is no good or bad author; there is only one kind of an author, that who connects with the readers.”

— Saru Singhal

“...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

“If you want to become a better writer, you have to write. But you also have to read.”

— Kami Garcia

“But in those whom no necessity forces to turn Author, who merely write for fame, and have full leisure to polish their compositions, faults…

— Matthew Lewis

“He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink with brains.”

— Platt Rogers Spencer