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I think finally good writing gets out there, and people like it, and bad writing doesn't. Well, no. Bad writing does get out there 'cause some people like it.

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.

Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.

I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right away. If you work at it, you will improve.

Still to this day, I don't know when I write something whether it's good or not.

Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost broken many, many times in the journey to a novel, you haven't pushed yourself hard enough.

When you write something it has to hit the level that you accept as being good.