"We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally."

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Margaret Wise Brown

#Writing Quotes #Trying Quotes #Speak Quotes

“I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.”
“I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work.”
“Have you ever seen a child sitting on its motherâ€™s knee listening to fairy stories? As long as the child is told of cruel giants and of the terrible suffering of beautiful princesses, it holds its head up and its eyes open; but if the mother begins to speak of happiness and sunshine, the little one closes its eyes and falls asleep with its head against her breast. . . . I am a child like that, too. Others may like stories of flowers and sunshine; but I choose the dark nights and sad destinies.”
“The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a changeup and I did pretty good.”
“Everyone is into male grooming.”
“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.”
“I really like when people do 'stream of consciousness' tweeting, or when people's tweets come across as sort of manic and mostly unedited.”

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“You can only be your best self. When I initially got on the air, I would look around me and watch people that I thought were really good and try to be like they were. And I got to a point where I realized, "I can't be them." I can only be the best that Abby can be. And as long as I'm myself and I'm genuine and I'm real, then I think that's all you can do.”

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