Letters To The Editor Quotes

• Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

  Truman Capote

  Writing, Talking, Editors

  Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.31, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• We live in the age of communication. Write letters to the editor. Speak to your congressman, to your senator. If you are young, especially young people are taken by this human rights activities. They should organize the universities.

  Elie Wiesel

  Communication, Taken, Writing

  Source: www.savetibet.org

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• Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.

  Mark Helprin

  Editors, People, World

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• Ultimately, a city is formed by its people and the women in Berkeley are just great. They are opinionated, they have ideas, they belong to boards, and they write letters to editors... really wonderful people.

  Rita Moreno

  Writing, Editors, Cities

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• In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your opponents, or threaten suicide bombings. You write a letter to the editor.

  Michelle Malkin

  Suicide, Writing, Gun

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• The best thing about being an artist, instead of a madman or someone who writes letters to the editor, is that you get to engage in satisfying work. Even if you never publish a word, you have something important to pour yourself into.

  Anne Lamott

  Writing, Artist, Editors

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.236, Anchor

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• Journalists don't have audiences, they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield.

  Howard Rheingold

  Editors, Letters, Deals

  "Howard Rheingold: Knowing How to Collaborate Is Essential". Interview with Roland Legrand, mediashift.org. March 12, 2012.

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• The hell with the newspapers. Nobody reads the letters to the editor column except the nuts. It's enough to get you down.

  Philip K. Dick

  Editors, Nuts, Letters

  Philip K. Dick (2012). “Confessions of a Crap Artist”, p.247, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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