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		Y_Y 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide See also: Stephen King, Oscar Wilde, William Wordsworth.

achenet 8 months ago | [–]

"write drunk, proofread sober" - Ernest Hemingway

Y_Y 8 months ago | | [–]

Comment drunk, revise never!

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/09/21/write-drunk/

Looks like it was Peter de Vries, but the hallmark of a good quip is shambolic attribution.

throwaway328 8 months ago | [–]

Hunter S Thompson, James Joyce, Charles Bukowski, John Fante, Knut Hamsun, ...

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