E. B. White
E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, an accomplishment repeated in earlier surveys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 July 1899
CountryUnited States of America
Shea is a tremendous free throw shooter and, in the late going, if we can get the ball in her hands and she gets to the free-throw line, we know we?re going to score.
Might I suggest that you keep the following handy for cut and paste jobs later in the series? ...is run out by Kallis. Kallis plays out another maiden. Kallis steals the strike from the last ball of the over.
If there was ever a time for intelligent design, it is now. Because we will need divine intervention to fix it (Harris Ranch) later if we do it wrong.
The wind didn't start in the late innings. It's been blowing all day and we've known it. We just didn't make plays in it.
People seem to be looking through this and saying what we see is a blip here, and we're going to see strong earnings later in the year,
You want to win, but (losing) will help you if your guys can learn from it. Hopefully the little mistakes that happened tonight we won't make later in the year.
The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up.
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.
New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up!
Salutations; it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there in a book, you may have your question answered
"What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle--it's just a web." "Ever try to spin one?" asked Mr. Dorian.
The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.