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To Write Well is to Think Clearly (David McCullough)

12/05/2011 9:17 pm / Leave a Comment / chris

"Typo" by quinn.anya “The great thing about the arts is that the only way you learn how to do it is by doing it. If a child learns nothing but that as a guide to life, that’s invaluable. You can’t learn to play the piano without playing the piano, you can’t learn to write without writing, and, in many ways, you can’t learn to think without thinking. Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.”

–David McCullough
found in “The Title Always Comes Last”

Posted in: Contents, Creators, David McCullough, Interview / Tagged: thinking, writing

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