Accepting Quote by Will Champion

You have to be good. And keep getting better. For every writer taken on, another is dropped. A paradox: you have to rise to…

— Matt Haig

One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.

— Steven Bochco

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

— Theodore Sturgeon

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.

— W. Somerset Maugham

To write anything decent, it's hard. Anything you want to be good is hard.

— Sean Lock

Good writing comes from good talent.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I never thought I was good enough actually to write.

— Ricky Schroder

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.

— Caroline Gordon

Never expect what you write to be any good, 'cause it's the fear of writing badly that stops you from finding the right words.

— Kate Tempest

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

— Francine Prose

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to…

— Robert Caro

You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.

— Andy Rooney