Short Writing Quotes - Page 2

• Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Book, Writing, Reading Literature

  The Picture of Dorian Gray preface (1891)

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• Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Writing

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• Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

  William Zinsser

  Writing, Eye, Brain

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