Language Quote by Stephen King

“Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. Great writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand.”

— Jason Fried

“Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. Good description is a learned skill,one of the prime reasons you cannot…

— Stephen King

No blur of inexactness, no cloud of vagueness, is allowable in good writing; from the first seeing to the last putting down, there must…

— Eudora Welty

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

— Stephen King

Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot.…

— Stephen King

“Writing is like painting. You sketch it, add colour, add depth and detail. You give it a final layer and then hang it proudly.”

— Kia Carrington-Russell

“Descriptive writing is more than visual; it employs all the senses.”

— Cheryl St.John

“I want my writing to be as clear as water I can see through so that what I experienced is told without my being…

— John Cage

Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.

— Marshall McLuhan

“Writing is a unique art-form. You are painting a detailed image in someone's mind, and it will be different for every single reader.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“I keep the description basic as it allows you to mould the story around your life.”

— Airambooksie

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

— Betsey Lerner