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On devient bon écrivain comme on devient bon menuisier: en rabotant ses phrases.

— Anatole France

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As quoted in Anatole France en pantoufles by Jean-Jacques Brousson (1924); published in English as Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record by His Secretary, Jean-Jacques Brousson (1925), trans. John Pollock, p. 85

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You become a good writer just as you become a good carpenter: by planing down your sentences.

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