Quotes by Good Writers Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright. Aaron Sorkin good-writers great-writers stealing I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts. Alexander Pope qualifications good-writers believe A good writer sells out everybody he knows, sooner or later. Alice McDermott sooner-or-later good-writers knows There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar. Amy Bloom good-writers liars writing You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker. Andy Rooney thinker good-writers writing You can't be a jerk in order to be a good writer. Ann Patchett jerk good-writers order All good writers are sensitive to clichés and endeavor to avoid them Ben Yagoda sensitive endeavor good-writers Bucky Katt: A bad writer is just a good writer with writer's block. Darby Conley writers-block good-writers block Being a good writer doesn’t make you a good reporter, it takes hustle. David Carr reporters hustle good-writers Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do. Eric Fellner good-writers actors producers Good writers are of necessity rare. George Henry Lewes good-writers I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it. Henry Rollins very-good good-writers My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers. James D. Watson scientist good-writers hero A good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Jim Bishop good-writers guy history I really dislike it when people talk about "experimental," because any good writer is experimental. John Edgar Wideman good-writers dislike people A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time. John Jeremiah Sullivan good-faith good-writers want A good writer always works at the impossible. John Steinbeck good-writers impossible A good writer is always a people watcher. Judy Blume watchers good-writers people Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer. Karrine Steffans wells good-writers great-writers I want to become a very good writer. Kellie Martin very-good good-writers want 12»