The Best Can be Your Worst! James Uncategorized March 15, 2021March 15, 2021Arthur Quiller-Couch, fine writing, literary 0 Comment “Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it—whole-heartedly—and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.” —Arthur Quiller-Couch, “On the Art of Writing” (1916).