Stephen King quote about words from On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000) - The word is only a representation of the meaning; even at its best, writing almost always falls short of full meaning. Given that, why in God’s name would you want to make things worse by choosing a word which is only cousin to the one you really wanted to use?
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“ The word is only a representation of the meaning; even at its best, writing almost always falls short of full meaning. Given that, why in God’s name would you want to make things worse by choosing a word which is only cousin to the one you really wanted to use? ”
 Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). copy citation

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Stephen King quote about words from On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000) - The word is only a representation of the meaning; even at its best, writing almost always falls short of full meaning. Given that, why in God’s name would you want to make things worse by choosing a word which is only cousin to the one you really wanted to use?
Stephen King quote about words from On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000) - The word is only a representation of the meaning; even at its best, writing almost always falls short of full meaning. Given that, why in God’s name would you want to make things worse by choosing a word which is only cousin to the one you really wanted to use?