“I never write metropolis
for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman
because I can get the same money for cop.”—Mark
Twain quoted in The Writer's Chapbook: A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit, and Advice from the Twentieth Century's Preeminent Writers, edited by George Plimpton (1989)
(Thanks to my
friend Holly--the epitome of writing style, for my money--for the constant inspiration.)
1 comment:
So the man =didn't= get paid by the word. How, then, do we explain those long passages of "2,500 words before dinner," then?
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