Authorship Quote by Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Download Open image “Sound judgment is the ground of writing well.” — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authorship Ground Writing Judgment Judgment Ground Sound Sound judgment Wells Writer Writing Writing well
As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I can and… — Adam Haslett Copy Share Image
“Good writing tends to present evidence rather than judgments. When the evidence is well presented, the reader’s judgments will agree with those implicit in… — John Ciardi Copy Share Image
“Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Let us not write at a loose rambling rate, in hope the world will wink at all our faults. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Grief dejects and wrings the tortured soul. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Those things which now seem frivolous and slight, Will be of serious consequence to you, When they have made you once ridiculous. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Beware what spirit rages in your breast; for one inspired, ten thousand are possessed. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
... truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Invention is not so much the result of labor as of judgment. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
Whatsoever contradicts my sense, I hate to see, and never can believe. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“If there's a will, there's a way! I feel larger than LIFE--and look up to the stars who shine down on me and have… — Donna Scrima-Black Copy Share Image
“Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime, a labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, or… — August Wilhelm Von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Authorship has never been with me a matter of choice. I have not done it for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image