Acquire Quote by Paul Johnson

The writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is dissatisfied with…

— Paul Johnson

“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take about a…

— Roald Dahl

“Writing is a concentrated form of thinking. I don’t know what I think about certain subjects, even today, until I sit down and try…

— Don DeLillo

“A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...”

— CJ Heck

By writing much, one learns to write well.

— Robert Southey

To any writer: Teach yourself to work in uncertainty. Many writers are anxious when they begin, or try something new. Even Matisse painted some…

— Bernard Malamud

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you…

— Brenda Ueland

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking...a young writer sees that with words he can place himself more clearly into the world. Words on…

— Don DeLillo

Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns out you…

— Grace Paley

Every time you look at a blank piece of paper, you're doing something new. You have to step onto that blank territory and remind…

— William Zinsser

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.

— Josh Billings