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Good Writers Quotes (page 3)

And the good writer chooses his words for their 'meaning', but that meaning is not a a set, cut-off thing like the move of knight or pawn on a chess-board. It comes up with roots, with associations, with how and where the word is familiarly used, or where it has been used brilliantly or memorably. Ezra Pound
Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both. E. B. White
The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are... The good writers touch life often. Ray Bradbury
The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. Ray Bradbury
Every good writer I know needs to go into some deep, quiet place to do work that is fully imagined. And what the Internet brings is lots of vulgar data. It is the antithesis of the imagination. It leaves nothing to the imagination. Jonathan Franzen
On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place. Paul Muldoon
James A. Michener quote: "I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter."
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. James A. Michener
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "When you combine something to say with the skill to say it..."
When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer. Theodore Sturgeon
E. B. White quote: "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend..."
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. E. B. White
A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow. Marguerite Young
I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original. Margaret Mahy
Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job is to make your audience care about your obsessions. Bruce Springsteen
George Lucas quote: "Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good..."
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. George Lucas
And I think a good writer's gonna make it interesting. From the first paragraph it will all be interesting. Just work at it and work at it and work at it. Kurt Loder
Isaac Bashevis Singer quote: "A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a..."
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. Isaac Bashevis Singer

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