What did Marianne Moore mean by: A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. - Marianne Moore Poet · USA Copy
+ I believe verbal felicity is the fruit of ardor, of diligence, and of refusing to be false. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Believe, Diligence, Fruit, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
+ If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Artist, Doubt, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
+ Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Towns, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
+ that which is impossible to force, it is impossible to hinder. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Force, Impossible, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
+ We don’t like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Flower, Hair, Memories, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
+ Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Honest, Writing, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
+ You are not male nor female, but a plan deep-set within the heart of man. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Heart, Males, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
+ Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Marianne Moore, Beast, Sun, 0 - Marianne Moore Poet · USA
I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper. - Jeffery Deaver Author · USA
Scandal has a thousand stringers; good news doesn’t know the editor’s phone number. - William Raspberry
Fair and unfair are among the most influential words in English and must be delicately used. - Freya Stark Explorer · United Kingdom
There is a phase in the life of every copy editor when she is obsessed with hyphens. - Mary Norris Editor
Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
When I started out, people were afraid of parish priests. Now they’re afraid of newspaper editors. - Michael D. Higgins
Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity. - Michael Dirda Literary Critic and Book Reviewer
Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
