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Re: Quotes

"Agena, Kate" wrote:
> 
> Hi, everyone.  This is somewhat related to the "blah" string.  I'm
> looking for some good quotes on writing to use in the center.  Does
> anyone have any suggestions or know of a good place to look?  I'd be
> happy to compile them and get them back out to the list.
> 
> Here are a couple I like:
> 
> How do I know what I think until I see what I say?  --E. M. Forster
> 
> Inspiration usually comes during work rather than before it.
> --Madeleine L'Engle
> 
> Thanks!
> Kate Agena
> Waldorf Writing Center
> Forest City, Iowa

Here's one I like, though it's a bit aggressive:

Leaders who bob and weave like aging boxers don't inspire confidence
--or deserve it. The same thing is true of writers. Sell yourself, 
and your subject will exert its own appeal. Believe in your own identity 
and your own opinions. Proceed with confidence, generating it, if 
necessary, by pure will power. Writing is an act of ego and you might 
as well admit it. Use its energy to keep yourself going. 
--William Zinsser

-- 
Kenneth R. Wright
English Department
University of Oregon
kright@oregon.uoregon.edu
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~kright