Great Quotes: Writing

My earlier post revolved around the subject of effective writing. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book ‘The Writer and the Reader’ by Neil Ewart. It is a great collection of great thoughts on writing and reading. 

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new. – Samuel Johnson, Lives of Poets, ‘Pope’

Good writing is the one which gives most knowledge in least time. – Anonymous

Of all the arts in which wise excel,
Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well. – John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

Seek what to write, rather than how to write it. – SENECA, Ad Lucilium