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> [How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and wish the reader well. The writer must trust the reader to be at least as intelligent as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/how-often-i-have-tried-to-tell-writing-students-that-the-first-thing/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

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## More by Ellen Gilchrist

> [One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/one-thing-i-know-is-that-it-is-a-bad-idea-to-marry-someone-who-had/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [Having your work honored nationally is a great morale booster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/having-your-work-honored-nationally-is-a-great-morale-booster/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [Don't ruin the present with the ruined past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/don-t-ruin-the-present-with-the-ruined-past/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [“Cuddle up. Rain always stops. It always stops. It always does. -The Brown Cape”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/cuddle-up-rain-always-stops-it-always-stops-it-always-does-the-brown/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [We live at the level of our language. Whatever we can articulate we can imagine or understand or explore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/we-live-at-the-level-of-our-language-whatever-we-can-articulate-we/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [I love New York, but I wish they wouldn't put clothes on their dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/i-love-new-york-but-i-wish-they-wouldn-t-put-clothes-on-their-dogs/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [I never thought it was unusual to write, and I've been writing or pretending to write since before I even started school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/i-never-thought-it-was-unusual-to-write-and-i-ve-been-writing-or/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [All you have to do to educate a child is leave him alone and teach him to read. The rest is brainwashing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/all-you-have-to-do-to-educate-a-child-is-leave-him-alone-and-teach/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [The Mississippi coast is not like south Florida, but it always seems warm enough for sandals and short-sleeved shirts, except for now and then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/the-mississippi-coast-is-not-like-south-florida-but-it-always-seems/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [“By the time the class ended I was back into an optimistic mood about their work. They were learning, they were working, it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/by-the-time-the-class-ended-i-was-back-into-an-optimistic-mood-about/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [Dance in the fullness of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/dance-in-the-fullness-of-time/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [“She was always saying things like that but I let her be my best friend anyway.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/she-was-always-saying-things-like-that-but-i-let-her-be-my-best/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [“Young women are closer to the time when they were manipulative and childish and they don't let their babies manipulate them as much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/young-women-are-closer-to-the-time-when-they-were-manipulative-and/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [Work is the thing that stays. Work is the thing that sees us through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/work-is-the-thing-that-stays-work-is-the-thing-that-sees-us-through/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

> [At one level inspiration is the ability to see beauty and mystery in everything men and women do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-gilchrist/at-one-level-inspiration-is-the-ability-to-see-beauty-and-mystery-in/)

[Ellen Gilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-gilchrist/)

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