"Write like you're in love. Edit like you're in charge."

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Source : James Scott Bell (2016). “Just Write: Creating Unforgettable Fiction and a Rewarding Writing Life”, p.241, "F+W Media, Inc."

James Scott Bell

#Writing Quotes #Like You Quotes

“I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.”

Source : John Ruskin (1868). “Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin”, p.348
“It is the peculiar beauty of this method, gentlemen, and one which endears it to the really scientific mind, that under no circumstance can it be of the smallest possible utility.”
“There's a form of selling out. It's necessary. You have to become edible for people in Texas. You have to become edible for the Christian right, for mass audiences.”
“During the 60's, drug use was in fashion in the U.S.”
“Autism is part of who I am.”
“The result showed that fortune helps the brave.”

Source : Terence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Terence (Illustrated)”, p.266, Delphi Classics
“Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history.”
“I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind.”

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