Good Word

From Donald Murray, Pulitzer Prize winner and writing teacher: "The more pofessional we become, the greater the danger that we will see what we expect to see. Experience, of course, is an advantage, but it has a dark side. It may keep us from seeing the real story ... The effective writers must always have an essential naivete -- skepticism must be balanced by innocence. The reporter must be capable of seeing what is new. Cliches of language are significant misdemeanors, but chiches of vision are felonies."