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But on the question of who you're writing for, don't be eager to please.

But on the question of who you’re writing for, don’t be eager to please.
– William Zinsser

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  3. The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question. – Nikolai A Berdyaev
  4. when you avoid one life question, you answer another life question. The question is : what life question do you want to answer? – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  5. When you are eager to serve the world, the universe will be eager to serve you. – Debasish Mridha
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  8. I’m often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task–the day’s work–and not with some enjoyment. – William Zinsser
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  14. My soul’s a burden to me, I’ve had enough of it. I’m eager to be in that country, where the sun kills every question. I don’t belong here. – Albert Camus
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  16. Write like you speak with the ‘rhythms of human speech,’ as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water. – Sandra E Lamb
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  24. Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar… – William Faulkner
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  26. You’re never as good a writer as you think you are, and you’re never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing. – Don Roff
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  39. If you please God, it does not matter whom you displease. And if you displease Him, it does not matter whom you please. – Steven J Lawson
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