Arthur Quiller-Couch - If you here require a practical rule of me, I will present you with this: ...

Arthur Quiller-Couch Zitate

If you here require a practical rule of me, I will present you with this: 'Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before sending your manuscript to press.'

Arthur Quiller-Couch

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn Sie hier eine praktische Regel von mir benötigen, werde ich Ihnen Folgendes vorlegen: "Wann immer Sie einen Anstoß verspüren, ein außergewöhnlich feines Schreiben auszuführen, befolgen Sie es - aus ganzem Herzen - und löschen Sie es, bevor Sie Ihr Manuskript an die Presse senden."

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