What did Maxwell Perkins mean by: Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA Copy
+ I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Maxwell Perkins, Book, Reading, War, 0 - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
+ I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Maxwell Perkins, Writing, 0 - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
+ The book belongs to the author. Feraz Zeid, September 24, 2023December 24, 2023, Maxwell Perkins, Book, 0 - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
+ Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Maxwell Perkins, Editors, 0 - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
+ Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble. Feraz Zeid, September 3, 2023December 24, 2023, Maxwell Perkins, Good, Good Things, Trouble, 0 - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
+ Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Maxwell Perkins, Art, Drawing, Writing, 0 - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
+ You have to throw yourself away when you write. Feraz Zeid, August 31, 2023December 24, 2023, Maxwell Perkins, Writing, 0 - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
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
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France