In Reply to: Perhaps you missed the distinction I was making posted by John Marks on August 20, 2006 at 07:13:24:
>in print the editor is going to send back a 5,000 word essay and
>remind you that your space budget is 2,500 words, please cut it down
>and tighten up what is left.
Only to get the response, "I'd write less but I don't have the time!"
:-)
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
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- Re: Perhaps you missed the distinction I was making - John Atkinson 07:37:38 08/20/06 (11)
- Look what you provoked: A literary discussion! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:17:43 08/22/06 (0)
- I thought it was Twain - suits_me 14:03:52 08/21/06 (0)
- Good one! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:35:41 08/21/06 (8)
- Commonly attributed to Voltaire, no? [nt] - David W. Robinson 10:22:26 08/21/06 (7)
- Nope, Pascal - Ted Smith 14:18:34 08/21/06 (2)
- Actually, that's not the story I remembered, Ted. - David W. Robinson 14:33:29 08/21/06 (1)
- I wasn't there :) - Ted Smith 14:40:07 08/21/06 (0)
- Hmmm... Google isn't helping here... nt - clarkjohnsen 10:25:21 08/21/06 (3)
- I always heard it as Mark Twain, but - markrohr 14:33:03 08/21/06 (2)
- Me too- - newyorkp7 14:49:03 08/21/06 (1)
- Excellent! And so true. nt - markrohr 07:25:27 08/22/06 (0)