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There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.
Robert Graves
2.
Good writing is essentially rewriting.
Roald Dahl
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Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.
Meg Wolitzer
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Good writing will bring you to places you don't even expect sometimes.
James Gandolfini
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Only bad writers think that their work is really good.
Anne Enright
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Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing.
Mark Haddon
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Good writing is about telling the truth.
Anne Lamott
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Disorganizatio n is the enemy of good writing.
Guy Kawasaki
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My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
Dick Schaap
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Good writing is formed partly through plan and partly through accident.
Ken Macrorie
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Like with anything, good writing suggest itself pretty strongly.
Martin Freeman
18.
Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
Ben Jonson
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What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances.
Carrie Coon
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Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
Sylvester Stallone
22.
I'm more interested in the writing than in the content per se (good writing can be about wallpaper and I'll devour it).
Katy Lederer
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Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.
John Travolta
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I never feel more myself than when I’m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.
Anthony Minghella