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E. B. White Quotes

E. B. White quotes

American Writer July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985

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E. B. White quote: "We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if..."
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar."
Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the..."
Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "An editor is a person who knows more about writing than..."
An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write. E. B. White
The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "To achieve style, begin by affecting none."
To achieve style, begin by affecting none. E. B. White
All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days. E. B. White
What do you mean less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It's the lowest you can go. It's the end of the line. How can something be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something - even though it's just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is. E. B. White
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog. Few people are..."
Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are..."
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is..."
Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it..."
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process. E. B. White
He wiped his face with his handkerchief, for he was quite warm from the exertion of being Chairman of the World. It had taken more running and leaping and sliding than he had imagined. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom-he..."
A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom-he fears a drunken poet may crack a joke that will take hold. E. B. White

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