15 Quotes by Ralph Keyes

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    I prefer a man who is unskillful, who is an awkward writer, but who has something to say, who is dealing himself one time on every page.

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    Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar it may seem to others.

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    Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.

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    Success as a writer is within the grasp of whoever can tell a story on paper that people want to hear, and is willing to persist, to put up with boredom, frustration, and anxiety.

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    Any writing exposes writers to judgment about the quality of their work and their thought. The closer they get to painful personal truths, the more fear mounts – not just about what they might reveal but about what they might discover should they venture too deeply inside. To write well, however, that’s exactly where we must venture.

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