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“It sounds kind of close, don’t you think?” When Fleetwood shrugged, “I mean, you’ve had . . . encounters with elephants?” “Now and then.” “You have an elephant gun with you?” “No. You?” “So, this one charges us, what do we do?” “Depends
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“The dictionary definitions of words you are trying to replace are far more likely to help you out than a scattershot wad from a thesaurus.”
― Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
― Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.
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― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.”
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“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
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“I figured out something, Lorie,” he said. “I figured out why you and me get along so well. You know more than you say and I say more than I know. That means we’re a perfect match, as long as we don’t hang around one another more than an hour at a stretch.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
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