"I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend youâ€™re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have. That way, youâ€™ll never dumb things down. You wonâ€™t have to explain things that donâ€™t need explaining. Youâ€™ll assume an intimacy and a natural shorthand, which is good because readers are smart and donâ€™t wish to be condescended to."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Smart Quotes #Writing Quotes #Dumb Quotes

“In this life many demolitions are actually renovations.”
“I had a gothic phase, and now I'm more edgy chic.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path”
“I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.”
“It's an amazingly consistent thing with Irish people. We will talk to strangers at parties for hours. It's what we were bred to do I think. And the Jewish people were bred to write the stuff that we say.”
“I'm not a clean freak. My house is a mess.”

Source : "A Conversation With Kate Walsh". Women's Health Magazine Interview with Caroline Ryder, November 2006.
“I don't like being 50 and I don't like thinking about death.”
“It is nice to travel the world and sell records and meet fans and that is so much fun. But I want to always remember that music can heal and it can make someone's day.”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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