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Maxwell Perkins Quotes: Just get it down on paper and then we'll see what to do with it.
         

Just get it down on paper and then we'll see what to do with it.


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Just get it down on paper and then we'll see what to do with it.
         



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Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don't put too much trust in them.



It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world.

It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world.



You can’t know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that.

You can’t know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that.



Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.



Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.

Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.



Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified.

Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified.



What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide.

What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide.



The book belongs to the author.

The book belongs to the author.



You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer.

You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer.



I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times.

I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times.





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If you aren't going all the way why go at all?



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The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.



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Another is, if you take money out of your left pocket and put it in your right pocket, you're no richer.



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And come, blue deeps! magnificently strown With coloured clouds - large, light, and fugitive.



I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas.



It isn't those who always addressing each other as comrade who necessarily show the most brotherly feelings.

It isn't those who always addressing each other as comrade who necessarily show the most brotherly feelings.



He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious.

He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious.



Are you a peice of Saran Wrap? No Well then why are you acting so clingy?

Are you a peice of Saran Wrap? No Well then why are you acting so clingy?



Since the majority is always wrong, might we try one election day where all the losers take office?

Since the majority is always wrong, might we try one election day where all the losers take office?




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