Wilder Thoughts

I've sung the praises of www.wordsmith.org in a previous blog. Another wonderful aspect of it is the "Thought for the Day". Unlike the pompous drivel (that goes by the same name) on BBC Radio 4 each morning, these offer genuine insights. Today's quotation struck a real chord - largely because I agree with the sentiment and Thornton Wilder put it better than I could have done! - and so I thought I'd pass it on.
"If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good." -Thornton Wilder, writer (1897-1975)
It's an exaggeration, of course. Maybe he should have said "usually" for "always" and "is more likely to be" for "will be", but it's a point well made.
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Published on June 18, 2012 08:17
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