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Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
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I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often… — Gary Frank Copy Share Image
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I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special. — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
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'The Great Gatsby,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, remains the most perfect novel that has ever come out of the United States. Everything… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
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Many writers are neither spirit nor wine, but rather spirits- of-wine: they can catch fire, and then they give off heat. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings. — Jewel Copy Share Image
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Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre… — Horace Copy Share Image
I think my biggest revelation was to write entirely from the heart, and to convey emotion, even when it meant forcing myself… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
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