Quote#Self
The average editor cannot escape feeling that telling a writer to do…
Quote byHeywood Broun · 1888–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pieces of Hate and Other Enthusiasms, George H Doran Company, 1922. Quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations , Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 231)..
English (original)
The average editor cannot escape feeling that telling a writer to do something is almost the same thing as performing it himself.
— Heywood Broun
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