Comment by Jtsummers

If you haven't read it, I'd suggest taking a look at Paul Graham's book On Lisp [0]. He says better, and with more examples than I'd provide in a comment block, what I'd write on the subject. Jump to chapter 8 for his discussion on the topic, referring back to chapter 7 if you find the macro definitions difficult to read.

[0] https://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html