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@ktlagingerchan @5livetraffic -- FYI "busses" = kisses; "buses" = more than one bus. Please don't detour smooches! 4:38 AM May 1st via Twitter for Windows Phone
1. ". . . your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." -- Mark Twain 9:28 AM Apr 25th via web
1. "Substitute ‘damn' every time you're inclined to write ‘very' . . ." (continued) 9:27 AM Apr 25th via web
2. "If writing seems hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things people do." -- William Zinsser 9:26 AM Apr 25th via web
3. "Writing well means never having to say, ‘I guess you had to be there.'" -- Jef Mallett 9:26 AM Apr 25th via web
4. ". . . and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it." -- David Sedaris 9:26 AM Apr 25th via web
4. "Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion . . ." (continued) 9:25 AM Apr 25th via web
5. "There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." -- Red Smith 9:24 AM Apr 25th via web
6. "Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." -- E.L. Doctorow 9:24 AM Apr 25th via web
7. "I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." -- James Michener 9:24 AM Apr 25th via web
8. "Easy reading is damn hard writing." -- Nathaniel Hawthorne 9:24 AM Apr 25th via web
9. "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." -- Isaac Asimov 9:23 AM Apr 25th via web
10. "The road to hell is paved with adverbs." -- Stephen King 9:23 AM Apr 25th via web
11. "Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies." -- Terri Guillemets 9:23 AM Apr 25th via web
12. "Write drunk, edit sober." -- Ernest Hemingway. 9:22 AM Apr 25th via web
12 Remarkable Quotes About Writing -- 12most.com/2012/04/11/12-… 9:21 AM Apr 25th via web
Do you know the best time to write? It's not in the morning, nor evening. Not the middle of the day. The best time to write isNOW. 3:54 PM Apr 23rd via Twitter for Windows Phone
Facebook just bought me for $10 and a Starbucks gift card. 6:57 PM Apr 9th via TweetDeck
A moment ago, my wife said "You're right." I just had to post that. 6:18 PM Apr 9th via Seesmic
Publishing is not an industry -- it's a button: ow.ly/1Kgvdg 5:48 PM Apr 9th via HootSuite

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