“I must be lean & write & make worlds beside this to live in.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
“Good writing is lean and confident.”
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 13, Bits & Pieces, p. 114.
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