Thinking Quote by William Cobbett

“A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks…

— Anonymous

Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly.

— Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

You have to write badly in order to write well.

— William Faulkner

If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see…

— John Ciardi

A man always writes absolutely well whenever he writes in his own manner, but the wigmaker who tries to write like Gellert ... writes badly.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.

— Anthony Trollope

People who think well, write well

— David Ogilvy

Most thinkers write badly, because they communicate not only their thoughts, but also the thinking of them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink with brains.”

— Platt Rogers Spencer

“He made writing look easy and critics hate that. They like evidence of a struggle, of creative agony, wringing the masterpiece out of one’s…

— Jessica Zafra

A writer writes what other people only think.

— Sol Stein

A journalist is stimulated by adeadline. He writes worse when he has time.

— Anonymous