An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
E. B. WHITEAlways be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
More E. B. White Quotes
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When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.
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The best writing is rewriting.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
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The city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. “Salutations!” said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. “Salu-what?” he cried. “Salutations!” repeated the voice.
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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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Never hurry and never worry!
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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means “sickening to contemplate”; the second means “sick at the stomach.” Do not, therefore, say “I feel nauseous,” unless you are sure you have that effect on others.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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