I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
E. B. WHITEAll writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
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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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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty-everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
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A writer’s style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias…it is the Self escaping into the open.
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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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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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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 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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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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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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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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