Caroline Starr Rose

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Buffalo Bill on Writing

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Oh, I’ve been holding onto this quote and photo for years, hoping someday to share it here if ever Ride on, Will Cody! sold. And now it has, and here it is — a wonderful gem.

Life is too short to make big letters when small ones will do; and as for punctuation, if my readers don’t know enough to take their breath without those little marks, they’ll have to lose it, that’s all.
— William F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill”

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Filed Under: Ride On, Will Cody!, the writing life

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  1. Wen Baragrey says

    September 23, 2016 at 6:23 am

    LOL! He has a good point. Can you imagine all the passed-out readers if punctuation was abolished?

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  2. Polly Scoutaris says

    September 23, 2016 at 6:38 am

    What a statement. Rich and colorful

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