Quotes 141 till 149 of 149.
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Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.
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Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
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Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.
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Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
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Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
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Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.
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Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.
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Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
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Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.
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