"No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing."

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E. B. White

#Attitude Quotes #Writing Quotes #Reader Quotes

“Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth.”
“John Cryan and I worked together at UBS, and I think John is one smart, hardworking individual, and I wouldn't bet against John. I wish him well.”
“Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.”
“For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.”
“It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.”

Source : Rebecca Harding Davis (1904). “Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography”, p.48, Vanderbilt University Press
“Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through. --Z. Applewhite.”

Source : Stephanie S. Tolan (2004). “Surviving the Applewhites”, Turtleback Books
“Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.”
“Scientists have reaped rich rewards, they have sat high in government councils and have been blinded by the attractiveness of public life-all this because they happen to have been good killers.”

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