3 James Thurber Quotes on Style

James Thurber quotes on style

46. With 60 staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and a definite hardening of the paragraphs.

49. When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

50. Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, 'How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style?' and avoid 'How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?'