"Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do"

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Source : William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.9, Harper Collins

William Zinsser

#Writing Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #People Quotes

“We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and regulations. The rewards of success will be expropriated for the sake of attaining greater income equality.”

Source : Arthur C. Brooks (2011). “The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future”, p.63, Basic Books
“It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.”
“Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.”
“I mean my life was a combination of fascination with other people, with politics, and with policy, and the impact of government decisions on people's lives and the life of our nation and the life of the world.”
“Accent your positive and delete your negative.”
“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
“I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should be.”

Source : "Shane Carruth, Indiedom's purist, on new movies and old regrets". Interview with Steven Zeitchik, articles.latimes.com. April 10, 2013.
“Winners have to absorb losses.”

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