Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
E. B. WHITEA despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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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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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.
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