Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will. E. B. White More Quotes by E. B. White More Quotes From E. B. White Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom. E. B. White seeds cutting Writing is not an exercise in excision, it's a journey into sound. E. B. White journey exercise writing A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. E. B. White farming white men I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision, we shall discover a new and unbearable disturbance of the modern peace, or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television - of that I am quite sure. E. B. White opportunity believe fall Writing is hard work and bad for the health. E. B. White hard hard-work writing Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life. E. B. White shapes writing It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months. E. B. White dog running funny As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost. E. B. White writing might men Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. E. B. White humorous witty funny It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people. E. B. White prize winning people You're terrific as far as I am concerned. E. B. White terrific concerned A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open. E. B. White escaping style self But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in the middle of the web there were the words 'Some Pig'... we have no ordinary pig." "Well", said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider. E. B. White miracle ordinary pigs I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they E. B. White hate war thinking Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man. E. B. White writing advice men And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. "Salutations!" said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. "Salu-what?" he cried. "Salutations!" repeated the voice. "What are they, and where are you?" screamed Wilbur. "Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?" "Salutations are greetings," said the voice. "When I say 'salutations,' it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning. E. B. White naps morning night To achieve style, begin by affecting none. E. B. White achieve style Don't write about Man; write about a man. E. B. White young-writers writing men The best writing is rewriting. E. B. White rewriting learning writing Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion. E. B. White passion cities giving
