A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
E. B. WHITEYou have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway?
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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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The best writing is rewriting.
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