Trust the Reader
'No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.'
--E.B. White. You can find earlier mentions of the immortal one here. Looking for a good writerly biography? Scott Eledge's book on White's life is perhaps the best biography of a writer that I have ever read.
4 Comments:
...and one of the best books ever - Charlotte's Web!!!
He was something, wasn't he?
Radiant! (did Charlotte use punctuation though?)
You know how pigs can be with punctuation.
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