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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.

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

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

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

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

George Singleton
Memories, One Day, Cherish
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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

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

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

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

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

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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