“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.”
― Wilfrid Cumbermede
― Wilfrid Cumbermede
“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Essays of Three Decades
― Essays of Three Decades
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