Sentences Quote by Stanley Fish

People who want to express themselves effectively can learn a lot from the hard-won concision of the copywriter.

— David Droga

Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write…

— Louis Menand

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

— William S Burroughs

We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don't have our own style. Don't worry. Writing is a communal act. Contrary…

— Natalie Goldberg

writers do not choose their subjects; their subjects choose them.

— Erica Jong

Copy is not written. If anyone tells you ‘you write copy’, sneer at them. Copy is not written. Copy is assembled. You do not…

— Eugene Schwartz

The (post) structuralist temper requires too great a depersonalization of the writing/speaking subject. Writing becomes plagiarism; speaking becomes quoting. Meanwhile, we do write, we…

— Ihab Hassan

As a linguist, I see the arbitrariness of strictures editors force on me as a writer.

— John McWhorter

“I'm an Author, not a Grammarist!”

— T.R. Patrick

The copywriter uses words as tools to persuade and motivate an audience. You persuade your readers that you have something valuable to offer; you…

— Richard Bayan

“Copywriters are salespeople whose job is to convince people to buy products.”

— Robert W. Bly

One is a writer, or one is not.

— Monique Wittig