Admirable Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good writing happens when human beings follow particular steps to take control of their sentences-to make their words do what they want them to…

— Ralph Fletcher

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.

— Lauren Graham

Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up.

— John Edgar Wideman

Good writing comes from good talent.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind---vividly, forcefully...

— Samuel R. Delany

Good writing is writing and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting. Sometimes, it happens to work right away, and that's amazing. But most of the…

— Kate Beaton

“...'good writing' means compelling ideas clothed in words.”

— Betsey Lerner

Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and…

— Ken Macrorie

“Writing the good write!”

— J. W. Zulauf

Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.

— John Travolta

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent.…

— Edward Abbey