"If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor."

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Source : "King of the Jungle" by John J. Miller, reason.com. August/September 1999.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

#Writing Quotes #Odds Quotes #Stories Quotes

“... to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way to make your finest photographs.”
“The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.”
“People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you're a teacher you're in a constant battle with mildly deluded adults who think the world will get better if you imagine it is better. You want to teach about sex? Fine, but only when they're old enough to do it. You want to talk politics? Sure, but nothing modern. Religion? So long as you don't actually think about it. Otherwise some furious mob will come to your house and burn you for a witch.”
“The earth is large and old enough to teach us modesty.”
“It is also a victory to know when to retreat.”
“Nostalgias were peeled from it long ago.”

Source : Donald Justice (2009). “Collected Poems”, p.160, Knopf
“What is easy is seldom excellent.”
“Four times a year, Warner Bros. Records send out their little statements, and they're like eight pages with all the countries from all over the world, and I end up getting a check for $48. But I think, obviously, the Ramones make some good money, because they must get a writer's share from the Rock 'N' Roll High School.”

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