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I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic, irreplaceable manner.

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

I find words really hard.

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words.