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Aubrey
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“Call me old-fashioned, but a man’s place is in the basement, preparing vocal exercises for his more talented wife.”
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.”
― Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
― Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
“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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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Aubrey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Aubrey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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