"Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write sounds completely unrehearsed."

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Source : "Bad Comma" by Louis Menand, www.newyorker.com. June 28, 2004.

Louis Menand

#Writing Quotes #Sound Quotes #Timing Quotes

“I love skiing, scuba diving and hang-gliding.”
“History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with it?”
“The more I see of the country, the less I feel I know about it. There is a saying that after five years in the north every man is an expert; after ten years, a novice.”
“I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.”

Source : "Baldwin on the Brink". Interview with Charles Kaiser, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 1989.
“I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.”
“One of the baffling things about life is that the purposes of institutions may be ideal, while their administration, dependent upon the faults and weaknesses of human beings, may be bad.”
“JLo and I did not get along well when we worked together. I don't think there's love lost. I don't know if there was a lot of love from the very beginning.”
“If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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