When you've got a thing to say, Say it! Don't take half a day. When your tale's got little in it. Crowd the whole thing in a minute! Life is short--a fleeting vapor--Don't you fill the whole blamed paper. With a tale which, at a pinch, Could be cornered in an inch! Boil her down until she simmers, Polish her until she glimmers.
Joel Chandler HarrisAbout author
- Author's profession: Journalist
- Nationality: american
- Born: December 8, 1848
- Died: July 3, 1908
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