Editing and writing Quote by Dave Barry Download Open image “Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.” — Dave Barry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Editing and writing God Grammar humor Ifs Language Stupidity Writers and writing Writing Writing by writers Writing humor Writing words
...and last but not least, reflecting my feelings on proofreading...excuse any pages on my websites that have misspelled words or grammatical errors...I'm not a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“When your book review is centered on your sworn duty as spelling police and grammar cop, what makes you anything more than a proofreader?” — Guy R Vestal Copy Share Image
“I present a full proof method for discovering whether or not your being a writer, a natural wordsmith, is your gift or just your… — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can’t write unless you read. — William Trevor Copy Share Image
I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
This ball was so crowded that it took me - a trained professional journalist with vast experience in this area - forty five minutes… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about being a guy is that women don't accept that you really are just a simple, pathetic, labrador retriever-like creature. That… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Entire new continent can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice two things… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Despite the gulf, physical and cultural, between the United States and Japan, both societies are, in the end, made up of people, and people… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Before going on a diet you should consult your doctor, or at least send him some money. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too. — Blake Morrison Copy Share Image
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Read over your compositions and whenever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. — Arthur Plotnik Copy Share Image
