"One of your first jobs, as you write for money, will be to get rid of your vocabulary."

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Source : Jack Woodford (2012). “Trial and Error”, p.126, askmar publishing

Jack Woodford

#Jobs Quotes #Writing Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes

“Danger, the spur of all great minds.”

Source : The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois act 5, sc. 1 (1613)
“You're one of 6.5 billion people now on the planet, and 99.9 percent of your genes are the same as everyone else's.”

Source : David Shields (2008). “The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead”, p.3, Vintage
“Imitating paper isn't the goal; the goal is surpassing paper.”
“As I visualize the new, I become dissatisfied with the old.”
“You might like it as a joke or because you liked it then, but there isn't a whole new generation discovering Wham!.”
“I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.”
“With imagination, I'll get there.”

Source : Song: With Imagination, Album: Blue Light, Red Light
“There is no comfort looking forth nor back, The present gives the lie to all her past.”

Source : Emma Lazarus (2002). “Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems and Other Writings”, p.47, Broadview Press

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