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Good Writer Quotes

I feel like I’m a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it’s a good writer, then I have a great road map Picture Quote #1

Why do I write? It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I worry that people think you have to go to a university to be a good writer, which is categorically untrue. I don’t think I learned how to write at Oxford. I did not go to any creative writing classes or anything Picture Quote #1

I didn’t become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don’t just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story Picture Quote #1

When I read James Joyce, I’m not really interested in the Dublin of 1904. I’m interested in being in the presence of a voice and a sensibility underpinned by an authenticity which, I think, if you’re a good writer, you can extract from the specific details of your own time. I think most writers do hope that their books will be read in ten years Picture Quote #1

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I think [Alain Robbe-Grillet] a good writer, but he speaks to the comfortable bourgeoisie Picture Quote #1

In addition to comedy, I’m a writer. I write checks. They’re not very good Picture Quote #1

I’m a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami Picture Quote #1

I really dislike it when people talk about experimental, because any good writer is experimental Picture Quote #1

I don’t consider myself a very good talker or writer but a pretty good filmmaker Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t be a very good writer if someone hadn’t taught me how to read Picture Quote #1

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A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite Picture Quote #1

To be a good poet, you must care more about the writing, than the writer Picture Quote #1

Every writer needs an editor. I don’t care how good you are or think you are Picture Quote #1

I just try and do something good. But as a writer, you’re slightly out of control Picture Quote #1

A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2 Picture Quote #1

He who is afraid to use an I in his writing will never make a good writer Picture Quote #1

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A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story Picture Quote #1

I’m not a good crime writer. I’m not good with plots... so I have to do something else Picture Quote #1

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers Picture Quote #1

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter Picture Quote #1

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes Picture Quote #1

Good writers are of necessity rare Picture Quote #1

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I’ll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar Picture Quote #1

If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer Picture Quote #1

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it Picture Quote #1

Good writers are visible just behind their words Picture Quote #1

A good writer is always a people watcher Picture Quote #1

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I feel like I’m a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it’s a good writer, then I have a great road map. (Good Writer Quotes) Why do I write? It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness. (Good Writer Quotes) 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. (Good Writer Quotes) I worry that people think you have to go to a university to be a good writer, which is categorically untrue. I don’t think I learned how to write at Oxford. I did not go to any creative writing classes or anything. (Good Writer Quotes) I didn’t become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don’t just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story. (Good Writer Quotes) When I read James Joyce, I’m not really interested in the Dublin of 1904. I’m interested in being in the presence of a voice and a sensibility underpinned by an authenticity which, I think, if you’re a good writer, you can extract from the specific details of your own time. I think most writers do hope that their books will be read in ten years. (Good Writer Quotes) I think [Alain Robbe-Grillet] a good writer, but he speaks to the comfortable bourgeoisie (Good Writer Quotes) In addition to comedy, I’m a writer. I write checks. They’re not very good. (Good Writer Quotes) I’m a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami. (Good Writer Quotes) I really dislike it when people talk about experimental, because any good writer is experimental (Good Writer Quotes) I don’t consider myself a very good talker or writer but a pretty good filmmaker (Good Writer Quotes) I wouldn’t be a very good writer if someone hadn’t taught me how to read (Good Writer Quotes) A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite (Good Writer Quotes) To be a good poet, you must care more about the writing, than the writer (Good Writer Quotes) Every writer needs an editor. I don’t care how good you are or think you are. (Good Writer Quotes) I just try and do something good. But as a writer, you’re slightly out of control. (Good Writer Quotes) A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2 (Good Writer Quotes) He who is afraid to use an I in his writing will never make a good writer (Good Writer Quotes) A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. (Good Writer Quotes) I’m not a good crime writer. I’m not good with plots... so I have to do something else. (Good Writer Quotes) Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers (Good Writer Quotes) I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter (Good Writer Quotes) A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes (Good Writer Quotes) Good writers are of necessity rare (Good Writer Quotes) I’ll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor (Good Writer Quotes) There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar (Good Writer Quotes) If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer (Good Writer Quotes) Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it (Good Writer Quotes) Good writers are visible just behind their words (Good Writer Quotes) A good writer is always a people watcher (Good Writer Quotes)

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