Subject: Communication » Reading/Writing (Page 2)

This is the best biography by me I have ever read.

(1903 – 1992) American bandleader & TV host
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Alimony is the curse of the writing classes.

(1923 – 2007) American novelist, journalist & playwright
Communication Marriage Occupations Reading/Writing

A dirty book is rarely dusty.

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The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

(1907 – 1989) American writer
Communication Reading/Writing

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

(1917 – 2010) American lawyer, novelist, historian & essayist
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But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

(1945 – ) football coach
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Write drunk; edit sober.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist
Communication Reading/Writing

Like a whore – first, I did it for my own pleasure; then I did it for the pleasure of my friends; and now… I do it for money.

(1878 – 1952) Hungarian-born American dramatist & novelist
Communication Reading/Writing

If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey?


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Write it down in your own handwriting.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist
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If you believe the past can't be changed, you haven't read a celebrity's autobiography.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons!

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Three years ago, I couldn't spell author. Now I am one.

Canadian hockey player, coach & commentator
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Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic.

(1941) American writer & humorist
Communication Language Reading/Writing

Then, of course, there's that old one: Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.

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Americans like fat books and thin women.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist
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To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

I can tell I’m getting old because my Kindle is turning into a self-help library.

(1982 – ) American actress, stand-up comedian & writer
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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger; you might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.

(1952 – ) American columnist & author
Communication Reading/Writing