To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself...Anybody can have ideas--the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.
To get the right word in the ...
Quotes from the same author
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.