My Friday Fave - 5 Quotes for Writers

• The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. - Mark Twain

• The fewer the words used, the more concentrated the attention; and the greater the concentration, the greater the power. - David Lambuth

• The first secret of good writing: We must look intently, and hear intently, and taste intently. - James J. Kilpatrick
  

• Always be a poet, even in prose. - Charles Pierre Baudelaire

• Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder. - Raymond Chandler

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