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Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite read more
Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, read more
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.
Words of love, are works of love.
Words of love, are works of love.
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle read more
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he read more
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill-advised; the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous; the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.
The words of the world want to make sentences.
The words of the world want to make sentences.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
