It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but what's really there, what you really have to express, in words that somehow convey that meaning in an approximate way.
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"It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but what's really there, what you really have to express, in words that somehow convey that meaning in an approximate way." — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but what's really there, what you really have to express, in words that somehow convey that meaning in an approximate way. — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
About Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a Novelist from United Kingdom (1927–2013).
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This quote is attributed to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a Novelist from United Kingdom.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala lived from 1927 – 2013.