“it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply.”
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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.”
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“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
― Essays, Speeches & Public Letters
― Essays, Speeches & Public Letters
“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”
― Death in the Afternoon
― Death in the Afternoon
DashCommand’s 2025 Year in Books
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