Omit needless words.
William Strunk, Jr.
Recitation: by Male by Female
After I finished my first draft of 'Salvage the Bones,' I felt that I wasn't political enough. I had to be more honest about the realities of the community I was writing about.
Jesmyn Ward
CommunityWritingPoliticalEnough
It was always about the story rather than the character.
Jean Dujardin
CharacterStoryAlwaysRatherThan
If you talk to a British officer or NCO about the strategic objectives of the end state, you'll often get a spirited discussion that's very well informed.
Stanley A. McChrystal
EndYouTalkDiscussionInformed
Until the Right wins for once, I have no interest in arguing with the alt-right or disavowing anyone.
Mike Cernovich
DoingJournalismReal
At its best, fiction cultivates fantasy and compassion; at its worst, memoir provokes schadenfreude and prurience. The ugly truth, I fear, is that many people are drawn to sensational memoirs for the same reason they watch 'The Apprentice': they like to witness actual suffering, before-your-very-eyes humiliation.
Julia Glass
FearTruthBestCompassionUgly
It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
Deng Xiaoping
BlackLongWhiteMatterCatMice
I have been blessed to have had many excellent teachers. The further I get away from school, though, the more I realize that the greatest teachers in my life have come from outside of academia.
Brad Thor
LifeSchoolBlessedMy LifeTeachers
The most direct evidence of the wonderful plasticity and elasticity of red corpuscles is obtained when they are watched in a current, where they can be caught against a projecting edge and bent by the pressure of the current flowing past them.
August Krogh
PastRedPressureEdgeEvidence
Yoga is my luxury workout. If I'm on vacation or I have a day off, I love a 90-minute yoga class. It's a really strong workout, but it takes a little bit longer.
Alison Sweeney
LoveDayVacationStrongLuxuryOff
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
William Inge
PastMatterNeverEventsDivided
My Republican colleagues say, Let's do the cuts first. The Democrats say, Let's do spending first. I'd like to do both simultaneously.
Scott Rigell
ColleaguesSayFirstRepublicanLike
One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them.
Todd Solondz
SayWantWriteVictimOne Thing
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