Nice writing isn't enough. It isn't enough to have smooth and pretty language. You have to surprise the reader frequently, you can't just be nice all…

- Anne Bernays

I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It put…

- Anne Bernays

Tell a female she's thin and she's yours for life.

- Anne Bernays

Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy.

- Anne Bernays

There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of the so-called seat of …

- Anne Bernays

It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours.

- Anne Bernays

You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly…

- Anne Bernays