Advice to young writers who want to get...... Quote by "E. B. White"

Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.
— E. B. White

Tags: writers-and-writing

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
— E. B. White

Tags: day, world, morning, life

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
— E. B. White

Tags: most, things, enemy

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
— E. B. White

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
— E. B. White

Tags: wheel, see, nothing, view, space

Be obscure clearly.
— E. B. White

Tags: clearly, funny