I'm not a very good writer. But I'm a HELLUVA re-writer.
If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That's what I've done.
I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
I want to become a very good writer.
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. It doesn't matter whether the good writer wants to be useful, or whether the good writer wants to be harm.
I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful.
To be a good writer, become a good listener.
I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it.
I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
A good writer is always a people watcher.
There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.
Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.
You have to invest yourself as a reader to be a good writer.
It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly.
I'm such a coward that unless I get a good writer, I don't want to make a picture.
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.
A good writer is a magician; she unfolds the dark secrets of mind.
Evil prevails when good people do nothing.
