Quotes About Writing

The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality.

I like blogs. they're good times.

There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.

I really dislike it when people talk about "experimental," because any good writer is experimental.

Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.

Good God! This man should be writing dime novels.

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.

I kept a diary as a teenager but I never would have shared it with anyone. Still, I think it's very good practice to write things down.

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.

Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.

I'm more interested in the writing than in the content per se (good writing can be about wallpaper and I'll devour it).

It is one thing to write a good sentence, another to write a good book.

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.

There's a ton of good art and music and writing out there offline among a ton of trash, and the same goes with what's online.

He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.

When you've got good writing, you can kind of give up all the research, in a way, and start just following the emotional integrity of the journey of your character.

I have great family and good friends; the stories I told became popular, and people all over the world bought them.

It doesn't really matter what "genre" your book is. What matters is that it's a good book of its kind. Whatever that kind may be.

Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. They might have good advice.

Nobody sounds good writing about your divorce, let's face it.

I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.