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I don't really care about how good a song is, I only want them to reflect what I felt when I was writing them — Lana Del Rey

If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll. — Creed Bratton

Good writing is difficult no matter what the reader's age-and children deserve the best. — Aaron Shepard

What do you do when your head - your imagination is filled with tales to last a hundred lifetimes?

You focus on the really good ones! — Storm Princeholm

Write a page every single day, even if what you put on the page that day is no good - it's the only way to get better. — Emma Forrest

Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story. — R.M. Donaldson

Two easy steps to be a good writer:
1. Don't write what everyone is writing.
2. Write what everyone is trying to write. — Himanshu Chhabra

This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good live band. — Christopher Owens

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose. — Philip Pullman

I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer. — Denise Levertov

The more I write the more I learn about writing. It is easy to say what looks good or sound good on paper until you experience it for yourself. — Jeanette Michelle

The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature. — C.S. Lewis

Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the meat of what you're saying. — Chris Stapleton

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan. — Julian Schnabel

Anecdotes don't make good stories. Dig down so far that what finally comes out is not even what you thought it was about. — Alice Munro

A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that. — Louise Penny

An author arrives at a good style when his language performs what is required of it without shyness. — Cyril Connolly

I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. Writing is what I belong to. — Sue Monk Kidd

It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it. — Charles Caleb Colton

Good writing takes place at intersections, at what you might call knots, at places where the society is snarled or knotted up. — Margaret Atwood

My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that. — Shaun Cassidy

Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think, not what you think. — Arthur Brisbane

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant. — Walter Gilbert

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true! — Philip Larkin

All good writing is persuasive writing; persuading the reader to buy what you're selling, to side with you, to believe the tales you tell. — Ramsey Isler

I cannot write as well as some people; my talent is in coming up with good stories about lawyers.That is what I am good at. — John Grisham

So much of what we read nowadays is there one moment and gone the next. When you read something good, cherish it. — Carla H. Krueger

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened. — Nina Bawden

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer. — Kimberly Willis Holt

Good writing , like gold , combines lustrous lucidity with high density. What this means is good writing is packed with hints. — Eric Hoffer

Write regularly, whether you feel like writing or not, and whether you think what you're writing is any good or not. — Anne Lamott

I just write what I think is good and keep it at a thousand words. — Henry Rollins

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing. — Robert Caro

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

Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing. — Joel Chandler Harris