A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. John Tillotson costeasygood Change image and share on social
A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader. Garry Disher convincecrimeevoke Change image and share on social
A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow. Marguerite Young avoidbigbook Change image and share on social
A good writer is always a people watcher. Judy Blume goodpeoplewatcher Change image and share on social
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. Isaac Bashevis Singer basicallygoodmankind Change image and share on social
A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. Jim Bishop automaticallybartenderbook Change image and share on social
A good writer knows that if her style and perceptions are really cooking, she can bring anything off. It's okay, of course, for novelists to depict bland, average families living bland, average lives in bland, average towns. But it isn't okay when those novelists don't outshine their bland, average subjects. Darin Strauss averageblandbring share on social
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche friendgoodpossess Change image and share on social
A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it. Neil Gaiman clearcomedicconcise share on social
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose despiseelderfear share on social