"You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?"

-- William Zinsser

#Writing Quotes #Doe Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Comedy can't be about continuous success.”
“I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.”
“What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves.”

Source : Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.205, Litres
“The tears had turned to ink...”
“For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.”
“I too saw the wooden horse blocking the stars.”
“Hey, don't stick that tongue out, unless you're gonna use it..”
“I have unlearned contempt; it is a sin that is engendered earliest in the soul, and doth beset it like a poison worm feeding on all its beauty.”

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