Apologizing Quote by Paul Westerberg

If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must take an…

— William Zinsser

I always tell people there's only one trick to writing: You have to write something that people are willing to pay money to read.…

— Bill Bryson

I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb.

— Amy Bloom

Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.

— Emeli Sande

That's the secret of how to enjoy writing and how to make yourself meet high standards," said Mrs. Berman. "You don't write for the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.

— Erica Jong

You cannot write-off someone and consider them inferior in any way based on how much money they make.

— Momina Mustehsan

A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?

— Brian Aldiss

Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.

— Rod Serling

I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.

— Moliere

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

— Aristotle

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. Because I have the greatest respect for the reader, and…

— E. B. White