Jack Bickham quotes
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“Writers write. Everyone else makes excuses.”
-- Jack BickhamSource : Jack Bickham (1997). “The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes”, p.2, Writer's Digest Books
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“Don't write down to your readers. The ones dumber than you can't read.”
-- Jack BickhamSource : Jack Bickham (1997). “The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes”, p.4, Writer's Digest Books
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
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“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
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“An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.”
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“Making excuses is not going to get me any closer to my goals.”
Source : Ali Vincent (2009). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.4, Rodale
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“Excuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself.”
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