Degrees Quote by George Eliot

It is not possible to write clearly enough to avoid being misrepresented by people who are sufficiently determined to do so.

— Karl Popper

And I refuse to feel guilty about not letter-writing either. There are times when one can, times when one can't. In the times when…

— May Sarton

Never think, because you cannot write a letter easily, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note imaginable is…

— Emily Post

Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false.

— Augusto Roa Bastos

If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !

— Alfred Adler

“Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don’t worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent…

— Anne Lamott

Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

“As you no doubt gathered, I do not devote the care to word selection and organization in my letters that I do in my…

— Janet Malcolm

I think one of the dullest things in the world is a letter filled with apologies for not writing sooner.

— Dorothy Wordsworth

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.

— Anonymous

I can think of few things more disastrous than starting a new correspondence with any one. Letters are a burden indeed ... they seem…

— Rose Macaulay

I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it…

— Lawrence Block