Introverts are good writers because they’ve been refining their inner dialogue their whole lives and have imaginary conversations with people on a daily basis.
– Alexander Pennington
Tag: good
Quotable 481
It doesn’t matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.
– David Chase
Quotable 444
The act of a pro is to make it look easy. Fred Astaire doesn’t grunt when he dances to let you know how hard it is. If you’re good at it, you leave no fingerprints.
– Lillian Ross
Quotable 436
Good fiction often takes the banal around us and defamiliarizes it.
– Edmund White
Quotable 394
One reason I think I don’t get blocked is that I’m not afraid to write bad, early drafts in order to get to the good.
– Deborah Reed
Quotable 391
I had forgotten that trying to write something good before I write anything at all is like refusing to give birth unless you know for sure it is going to be a very good baby.
– Lynda Barry
Quotable 390
The best stories don’t come from good vs. bad but from good vs. good.
– Leo Tolstoy
Quotable 369
I think I’m an okay writer, but a very good storyteller.
– James Patterson
Quotable 338
I try as much as possible when writing not to think about my audience and write as good a story as I can.
– Justine Larbalestier
Quotable 305
To have a beautiful written style is always nice.
But to have a damn good story is essential.
– Joanne Harris