410 Quotes by E.B. White

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

I don’t understand it, and I don’t like what I don’t understand.

I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life’s more stereotyped roles.

Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.

I have no warm up exercises, other than to take an occasional drink.

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.

A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.

You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.