Wednesday, November 28, 2007

 

An Audience of One

William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, last chapter of The Elements of Style:
The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Let him start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and he is as good as dead, although he may make a nice living.
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