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I try to make what I have written tighter, stronger and more precise, eliminating every element that's not doing useful work. Then I go over it once more, reading it aloud, and am always amazed at how much clutter can still be cut.
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Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation.
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Probably the finest travel book ever written by an American is Walden, though Thoreau only went a mile out of town.
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Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Born:
October 7, 1922
Died:
May 12, 2015
(aged 92)
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