Direct Quote by William Zinsser

“Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.”

— William Zinsser

The peculiar need to write is increased, it seems, rather than allayed with practice.

— Fay Weldon

When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have less and…

— Julia Cameron

Writing only leads to more writing.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

One tends to write beyond what's needed

— James Schuyler

Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at…

— Harlan Coben

Writing makes you more human.

— John Updike

No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other.

— Alexander Pope

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

— Carlos Fuentes

Writing has to support itself.

— V. S. Naipaul

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

— Roald Dahl

The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.

— Paul Theroux