Theodore Sturgeon Quotes

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

Anyone who can not write should.

These days, I like to think of sentences as workers. Only one of their jobs is to look and sound good. Sentences are the carriers of plot. They're the conjurers of images, the conveyors of tone and meaning and voice. The best sentences surprise us.

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.

I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.

No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

When I speak, I am well articulated.

I'm not very articulate. I don't have that skill.

The more clearly you write, the more easily and surely you will be understood.

I love words, and I love that there's so many words available to make a point and to create a picture.

I think, for me, one of the things I've been blessed with is the ability to speak with clarity.

Ordinary people can be very articulate and very eloquent.

Intelligence alone can't make a good writer and style alone can't make a good writer - that is, not a really important or significant writer - but the two things together make a really good writer.

Clarity is the most important thing to me - in thinking - and so I try in the books to be as clear as possible.

The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.