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E. B. White Quotes

E. B. White quotes about writing

American Writer July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985

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E. B. White quote: "Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past..."
Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any..."
Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man. E. B. White
The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "The best writing is rewriting."
The best writing is rewriting. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Writing is hard work and bad for the health."
Writing is hard work and bad for the health. E. B. White
Templeton was down there now, rummaging around. When he returned to the barn, he carried in his mouth an advertisement he had torn from a crumpled magazine. How's this?" he asked, showing the ad to Charlotte. It says 'Crunchy.' 'Crunchy' would be a good word to write in your web."Just the wrong idea," replied Charlotte. "Couldn't be worse. We don't want Zuckerman to think Wilbur is crunchy. He might start thinking about crisp, crunchy bacon and tasty ham. That would put ideas into his head.... E. B. White
Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth.... Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words and they backhand them across the net. E. B. White
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an English sentence, the child can then go forth and speak and write any damn way he pleases. E. B. White
There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer's time isn't worth the paper he is not writing anything on. E. B. White
As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost. E. B. White
Do you understand how there could be any writing in a spider's web?"Oh, no," said Dr. Dorian. "I don't understand it. But for that matter I don't understand how a spider learned to spin a web in the first place. When the words appeared, everyone said they were a miracle. But nobody pointed out that the web itself is a miracle."What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle-it's just a web."Ever try to spin one?" asked Dr. Dorian. 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
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

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