“I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time. I'd be very afraid to write from a position where I consciously thought I was smarter than most of my readers.” PeopleThinkingWritingPositionReaderSmarter Author:Susan Sontag
“I wish my prose to be transparentI don't want the reader to stumble over me; I want him to look through what I'm saying to what I'm describing. I don't want him ever to say, Oh, goodness, how nicely written this is. That would be a failure.” WantWritingLooksWould BeWishWrittenReaderGoodnessProseTransparentDescribingWant Him Author:V. S. Naipaul
“The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.” WritingMindArtFeelingsSeemsOrderImagineFineReaderSymbolsPhrasesThoughts And FeelingsArt Of Writing Book:The Principles of Success in Literature Source: The Principles of Success in Literature