What did E. B. White mean by: Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one. - E. B. White Writer · USA Copy
+ Use the smallest word that does the job. Feraz Zeid, August 20, 2023December 12, 2023, E. B. White, Writing, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
+ A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, E. B. White, Music, Poetry, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
+ Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom. Feraz Zeid, September 27, 2023December 26, 2023, E. B. White, Seeds, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
+ The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, E. B. White, Clarity, Revision, Writing, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
+ I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, E. B. White, Dreams, Faith, Poetry, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
+ All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, E. B. White, Hope, Love, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
+ A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, E. B. White, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
+ One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy. Feraz Zeid, October 14, 2023December 26, 2023, E. B. White, Enemy, Inspiration, 0 - E. B. White Writer · USA
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
