I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start - an inefficient way to write a book, though I found it exciting.
I try to be as ruthless as possible. I ask myself of each sentence, "Is it clear? Is it true? Does it feel good?" And if it's not, then I rewrite it. - William Manchester
I try to be as ruthless as possible. I ask myself of each sentence, "Is it clear? Is it true? Does it feel good?" And if it's not, then I rewrite it.
- William Manchester
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seem… - William Manchester
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seem…
It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bo… - William Manchester
It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bo…
I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me. - William Manchester
I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.
Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself. - William Manchester
Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.
To the medieval mind the possibility of doubt did not exist. - William Manchester
To the medieval mind the possibility of doubt did not exist.
The sum of a million facts is not the truth. - William Manchester
The sum of a million facts is not the truth.
The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses. - William Manchester
The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.
But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society. - William Manchester
But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society.
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