Hot Air

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Overinflated

“We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each time. It is a lot like inflating a blimp with a bicycle pump. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time.”

—Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007), a writer who was rarely overinflated, from Palm Sunday (1981)

(Thanks to alert WORDster Steve Marston)

• Editorial Comment: Well, that can backfire for many writers.

• PeezPix: Sadieface