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The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.
Writers and Writing
Mary Heaton Vorse

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Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.
Writers and Writing
Alice Walker

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Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
Writers and Writing
Bill Wheeler

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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
Writers and Writing
Elwyn Brooks White

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Unconsciousness is one of the most important conditions of good style in speaking and writing.
Speakers and Speaking
R. S. White

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He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
Aphorisms and Epigrams
Oscar Wilde

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Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
Writers and Writing
William Zinsser

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Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
Writers and Writing
William Zinsser

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Writing is a craft not an art.
Writers and Writing
William Zinsser

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Writing is thinking on paper.
Writers and Writing
William Zinsser

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun