A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
E. B. WHITEMother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
More E. B. White Quotes
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All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
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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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Loneliness is a strange gift.
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The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
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You 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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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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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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To achieve style, begin by affecting none.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.
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