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Quotation from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
“WRITING, when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.”
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. II, Ch. 11 (Project Gutenberg text)
Tristram explains that a good author, like a good talker, leaves the reader something to imagine for himself.
Citation: "WRITING, when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation." — Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. II, Ch. 11 (Project Gutenberg text). (id sterne-tristram-shandy-q4)
Portrait: Laurence Sterne by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Joshua Reynolds, Public domain.
