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Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice.

— Christopher Hitchens

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

— Robert Cormier

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful.

— Tom Stoppard

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

If I see a phrase that strikes me as ugly, I'll delete it. Or, if I find a way to say something a bit more freshly than it was expressed originally, I'll do it. Ultimately, you want to try to leave behind the best possible paragraph or sentence.

— Tim O'Brien

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

— John Fogerty

First and foremost, I'm an oral storyteller - I'll make a poetic choice over a grammatical choice every single time.

— Isobelle Carmody

What is really beautiful must always be true.

— Stendhal

I prefer the plain and simple sentences: the ones that you don't notice because you're so interested in what's happening to the people and events that the sentences are creating.

— Max Apple

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

✗Opposing Perspectives

You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better.

— Ron Johnson