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Good Writing Quotes

Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light Picture Quote #1

It’s okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn’t give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don’t like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable Picture Quote #1

Every page was once a blank page, just as every word that appears on it now was not always there, but instead reflects the final result of countless large and small deliberations. All the elements of good writing depend on the writer’s skill in choosing one word instead of another. And what grabs and keeps our interest has everything to do with those choices Picture Quote #1

Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear Picture Quote #1

Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be tired. Be confused. Be depressed. Be annoyed. Don’t hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident Picture Quote #1

To me there is no such thing as creative writing. It’s either good writing, whatever the subject, or it’s not creative Picture Quote #1

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No blur of inexactness, no cloud of vagueness, is allowable in good writing; from the first seeing to the last putting down, there must be steady lucidity and uncompromise of purpose Picture Quote #1

If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of art and who don’t even know it, who wouldn’t believe it if they were told. However hard work good writing may be, it is easier than good living Picture Quote #1

Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons... Good writing means good revising Picture Quote #1

Beauty and truth may be attributes of good writing, but if the writer deliberately aims at truth, he is likely to find that what he has hit is the didactic Picture Quote #1

Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial Picture Quote #1

Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does Picture Quote #1

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Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen Picture Quote #1

Good writing and dark wit always excite me and they come together thrillingly in this book. It has a quiet grip on the strangeness of the interior and exterior worlds of love and politics. I delighted in the writing and the scope Picture Quote #1

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go, and is only right admirable when to all its beauty and speed a subserviency to the will, like that of walking, is added Picture Quote #1

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down Picture Quote #1

Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing Picture Quote #1

Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters Picture Quote #1

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Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go Picture Quote #1

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you’re not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing Picture Quote #1

You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing Picture Quote #1

The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat Picture Quote #1

Good writing takes place at intersections, at what you might call knots, at places where the society is snarled or knotted up Picture Quote #1

Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head Picture Quote #1

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If the communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the paper words which dance and weep and make love and fight and kiss and perform miracles Picture Quote #1

Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don’t expect Picture Quote #1

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times Picture Quote #1

Good writing isn’t a science. It’s an art, and the horizon is infinite. You can always get better Picture Quote #1

The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality Picture Quote #1

Left to it’s own devices, writing is like weather. It has a drama, a form, a force to it that shapes the day. Just as good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche. There is something very right about simply letting yourself write. And the way to do that is to begin, to begin where you are Picture Quote #1

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Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light (Good Writing Quotes) It’s okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn’t give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don’t like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable (Good Writing Quotes) Every page was once a blank page, just as every word that appears on it now was not always there, but instead reflects the final result of countless large and small deliberations. All the elements of good writing depend on the writer’s skill in choosing one word instead of another. And what grabs and keeps our interest has everything to do with those choices (Good Writing Quotes) Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear (Good Writing Quotes) Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be tired. Be confused. Be depressed. Be annoyed. Don’t hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident (Good Writing Quotes) To me there is no such thing as creative writing. It’s either good writing, whatever the subject, or it’s not creative (Good Writing Quotes) No blur of inexactness, no cloud of vagueness, is allowable in good writing; from the first seeing to the last putting down, there must be steady lucidity and uncompromise of purpose (Good Writing Quotes) If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of art and who don’t even know it, who wouldn’t believe it if they were told. However hard work good writing may be, it is easier than good living (Good Writing Quotes) Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons... Good writing means good revising (Good Writing Quotes) Beauty and truth may be attributes of good writing, but if the writer deliberately aims at truth, he is likely to find that what he has hit is the didactic (Good Writing Quotes) Always care for the writing part first. Every good film project starts with good writing. If you have a good script, everything else follows. Writing is crucial (Good Writing Quotes) Good writers hate bad writing but hating bad writing doesn’t make you good. Writing badly does (Good Writing Quotes) Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing and dark wit always excite me and they come together thrillingly in this book. It has a quiet grip on the strangeness of the interior and exterior worlds of love and politics. I delighted in the writing and the scope (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go, and is only right admirable when to all its beauty and speed a subserviency to the will, like that of walking, is added (Good Writing Quotes) Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down (Good Writing Quotes) Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing (Good Writing Quotes) Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go (Good Writing Quotes) As an actor, you are in a unique position because you’re not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing (Good Writing Quotes) You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing (Good Writing Quotes) The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing takes place at intersections, at what you might call knots, at places where the society is snarled or knotted up (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head (Good Writing Quotes) If the communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the paper words which dance and weep and make love and fight and kiss and perform miracles (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don’t expect (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times (Good Writing Quotes) Good writing isn’t a science. It’s an art, and the horizon is infinite. You can always get better (Good Writing Quotes) The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality (Good Writing Quotes) Left to it’s own devices, writing is like weather. It has a drama, a form, a force to it that shapes the day. Just as good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche. There is something very right about simply letting yourself write. And the way to do that is to begin, to begin where you are (Good Writing Quotes)

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