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• The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. — Walter Bagehot
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• I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply. — Theodore Sturgeon
• Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all. — Irwin Shaw
• A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw
• The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves. — Irwin Shaw