Quality Quote by Robertson Davies

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

— Theodore Sturgeon

At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress their readers…

— Jorge Luis Borges

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a…

— George Orwell

The hope in literature is that we are allowed to be imperfect, to write of our imperfection, without being overly critiqued for being unlikeable.

— Kate Zambreno

“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

All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.

— Francine Prose

Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

— Anthony Browne

Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I…

— Joel Edgerton

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

— Tibor Fischer

“What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. (...) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami

“There is nothing quite like the expectancy of the beginning writer, unless it is the conceit of the successful one.”

— Charles Bukowski

A writer is not so much someone who has something to say as he is someone who has found a process that will bring…

— William Stafford