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Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

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Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.

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I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.

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I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.

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When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

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If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.

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Never assume the obvious is true.

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Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

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The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

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Have a definite opinion.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 17th, 1929

Died: September 27th, 2009

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