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Subject:Quotes on Writing From:"Less is more." <YVONNE -at- LOUIE -dot- SMARTSTAR -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 11 Oct 1993 08:54:47 -0700
Thomas Barker wrote:
>Our student chapter of the STC here at Tech would like to enlist
>your help in rounding up quotable quotes about writing...of all
>types...by people who do it daily.
"When the writer becomes the center of his attention, he becomes a nudnik.
And a nudnik who believes he's profound is even worse than just a
plain nudnik." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer
And two that apply to both writing and to other fields:
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
-- Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in
the opposite direction." -- E.F. Schumacher
