“Learn all the rules… then break them.”
Lea DeLaria (1958) American actress and singer
Lea's Book of Rules for the World (May 2000) Rule # 10
“Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules.”
"Thirty-two Statements About Writing Poetry" http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/400_opportunities/430_gettingpub/bell.cfm, statement # 5, The Writer's Chronicle, Commemorative Issue (Copper Canyon Press, 2002).
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