Quotes About Writing

That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.

Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information which is how I got a good job in journalism.

The main thing is that you have a good editor - one that believes in you and who will give you the feedback that you need to produce a good book.

People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.

There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it.

I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it's narcissistic and pointless.

Any room where you feel a good vibe is a good place to write.

If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good.

Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.

I'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes them prefer to emulate the good guy than the bad guy, I'm happy.

The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.

I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support.

Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.

Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art, and good writing can be good selling.

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.