Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

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We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

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It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence whether a man be behind it or no.

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The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when your arrows are spent.

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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

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People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.

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Books are for nothing but to inspire

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The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when all your arrows are spent.