Common sense Quote by Shelby Steele

I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'

— P. J. O'Rourke

It's not knowing how to write that makes you interesting, it's what you write.

— Ally Condie

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me.

— Ruth Ozeki

If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's…

— Jim Rash

I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of the fun…

— Susan Orlean

Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.

— Meghan O'Rourke

I don't write because I think I have anything particularly interesting to say. I write because I love writing more than any other work…

— Stefan Merrill Block

When you do something a little bit extreme or weird, it helps make it more interesting and more amenable to being written about.

— Robin Sloan

If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people

— Mark Twain

As a writer, I think your first job is to find a subject that you think you and others will find inherently interesting.

— Stuart Blumberg

It has been said that there is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

— Thomas Chalmers