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Andy Rooney was an American writer renowned for his sharp wit and humor. He was a regular contributor to '60 Minutes' on CBS, where he shared his opinions and observations on a wide range of topics. Rooney's writing style was characterized by its conversational tone and his ability to find humor in everyday situations.

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“The one affectation I have forced on the publisher... are my apostrophe-free ellisions. Because I write my scripts to read myself, I dont spell 'don't' with an apostrophe. I spell it 'dont'. We all know the word and it seems foolish to put in an extraneous apostrophe. Punctuation marks are devices we use to make the meaning of sentences clear. There is nothing confusing about a word like 'dont' printed without an apostrophe to indicate an omitted letter.”

Knows Writing Use Seems Clear Letters Mark Scripts Sentences Foolish Devices Spells Publishers Confusing Printed Punctuation Punctuation Marks

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“No one ever writes a book in which he is the bad guy.”

Writing Book Guy Bad Guys

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“Have you noticed that they put advertisements in with your bills now? Like bills aren't distasteful enough, they have to stuff junk mail in there with them. I get back at them. I put garbage in with my check when I mail it in. Coffee grinds, banana peels...I write, "Could you throw this away for me?"”

Writing Enough Stuff Bills Coffee Checks Get Back Mail Garbage Junk Grind Bananas Advertisements Distasteful Junk Mail

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“Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.”

Writing Powerful Retiring Inspiring Writing

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“I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.”

Writing Retiring

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“You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.”

Writing Thinker Good Writers

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“It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.”

Writing Wells Television

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“When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use machinery that thinks faster than you do. An electric typewriter is ready to go before I have anything to say.”

Thinking Writing Made Use Ready Machines Faster Pretending Electric Machinery Typewriters

Book:Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit

Source: Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit

“Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily.”

Should Writing Written Sentences Suspicious

Author:Andy Rooney

About the Author

Born: January 14, 1919
Died: November 4, 2011
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 252

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Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and WitRelated source material

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