A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy

Quote by E B White

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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp post how...

Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp post how...

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.