Meg Wolitzer Quotes

I like vocabulary and I actually read a book called 'Word Freak,' which is about a guy who basically went into competitive Scrabble for a year. But having a big vocabulary and being good at Scrabble are not the same thing.

I work a lot on words, so if I hear a word or see a word or a phrase or a sentence that someone says to me it just immediately sparks a concept.

If people want to be better writers, they can't just read the blogs! You've got to look at something that's outside this rushing world of evanescent words.

What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.

I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.

I am baffled by good writing.

I became an author because I love words. I enjoyed playing with them when I was a kid, writing stories and plays, and doing whatever I could think to do with words. I kept my love of them growing up and still love to see what they can do.

Have fun and play as many word games as possible.

I like to play with words and the sounds of words - that's extremely important to me.

When you've got good writing, you can kind of give up all the research, in a way, and start just following the emotional integrity of the journey of your character.

A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write.

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

If you write really good material, the rest just falls into place. There's really no trick to it.

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.

You have to go where the good writing is.

The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

All good Literature rests primarily on insight.

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.

A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what people want. And you have to read. That's how you learn what is good writing and what is bad. Then the main thing is application. It's hard work.

I get the ideas from everything. Children sometimes think you have to have special experiences to write, but good writing brings out what's special in ordinary things.