Logic had chosen life, but the sordid realm of politics had chosen death.
“Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear.”
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“Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author’s intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don’t make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author’s mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, ‘Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?’. Monet would be ripping his hair out.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.”
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Andrea’s 2025 Year in Books
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