William Goldman
Screenwriter, Novelist
"A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite"
Good Writers quotes
Good Writers
36 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Walker Percy
Author, Novelist
"Why has the South produced so many good writers? Because we got beat."
James D. Watson
Molecular Biologist, Geneticist
"My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers."
Kellie Martin
Actress
"I want to become a very good writer."
John Steinbeck
Novelist, Journalist
"A good writer always works at the impossible."
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"Good writers touch life often."
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"I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read."
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"To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day."
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"I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it."
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"He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer."
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