Beautiful Quote by Robert Cormier

“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.”

— Robert Cormier

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

— William Zinsser

Writing for me always requires trickery. Tricking myself into sitting down, letting words tumble out until you find the good ones. It's sort of…

— John Hodgman

Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod…

— Barbara Tuchman

Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.

— Anne Tyler

My works really begin in a very simple way. Sometimes it's an image, and sometimes it's words I might write, like a fragment of…

— Bill Viola

“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into…

— Pat Conroy

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

“Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into a lucid form and forcing them…

— Pat Conroy

Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets.

— Alice Munro

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

— Jillian Bell