Leonardo da Vinci
Artist, Scientist, Inventor
"Good writing comes from good talent."
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Good Writing
26 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"Good writing is like a windowpane."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"In good writing, words become one with things."
Truman Capote
Author, Journalist
"Good writing is rewriting."
Anne Lamott
Author, Essayist
"Good writing is about telling the truth."
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"Like with anything, good writing suggest itself pretty strongly."
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"You have to go where the good writing is."
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"Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés."
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