After-Orts #73

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
     – William Faulkner (1897-1962), about Ernest Hemingway

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?
     – Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), about William Faulkner

Only a mediocre writer is always at his best.
     – W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.
     – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
     – F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.
     – Arthur Miller (1915-2005)

We write to taste life twice.
     – Anais Nin (1903-1977)
 

all, from Pen-for-Rent, https://pen4rent.com/resources/memorable-quotes-on-writing/