George Singleton Quotes

• You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop-H2O. The reader will get it.

  George Singleton

  Rain, Writing, Water

  George Singleton (2008). “Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers”, p.46, Writer's Digest Books

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• Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty.

  George Singleton

  Writing, Flames, Desks

  George Singleton (2008). “Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers”, p.59, Writer's Digest Books

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• There's a ton of truth in Flannery O'Connor's notion that "Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."

  George Singleton

  Childhood, Information, Lasts

  Source: therumpus.net

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• One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner.

  George Singleton

  Memories, One Day, Cherish

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Gilles Deleuze believed that every society needed a madman so we could feel better about ourselves. I do my best to fill that role.

  George Singleton

  Feel Better, Roles, Madmen

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.

  George Singleton

  Writing, Trying, Want

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I don't smoke because I like to do so, but because it makes me pay cigarette taxes, which helps build roads and water supplies.

  George Singleton

  Water, Pay, Helping

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all.

  George Singleton

  Selfish, Drinking, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I have to deal with seven ex-stray dogs, and one ex-stray cat. One dog is nearing nineteen years old. Before I go to teach, he likes for me to tell him bedtime stories.

  George Singleton

  Dog, Cat, Years

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I'm a bad, inconsistent person, but at least I'm not a member of the Tea Party griping incoherently about too much government, but flashing my Medicare card every other day to a doctor because I'm 400 pounds overweight.

  George Singleton

  Party, Doctors, Government

  Source: therumpus.net

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