“The writer needs good works—good literary ones”
Dana Gioia (1950) American writer
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“If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.”
The Rod Serling bio page on the Internet Movie DataBase.
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Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
On devient bon écrivain comme on devient bon menuisier: en rabotant ses phrases.
As quoted in Anatole France en pantoufles by Jean-Jacques Brousson (1924); published in English as Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record by His Secretary, Jean-Jacques Brousson (1925), trans. John Pollock, p. 85
Variant translation: You become a good writer just as you become a good carpenter: by planing down your sentences.