Most buts should be ands.
Aug 222016
Writing
If it had been your exact thought you would have used my exact words.
Jul 282016
Nobody writes for the love of it. At best you write because it is less painful than not writing.
Jul 252016
Poetry translations ought to have their credits reversed — poems by [translator], after [original poet].
Jul 122016
The adverb confesses the verb’s failure.
Jun 232016
Your most reliable and attentive readers are the people who hate you.
Jun 142016
When in doubt, cut the dream sequence.
May 062016
Write what you know that’s not yourself.
Apr 072016
If all writing were scrupulously edited for spelling and grammar, it would be just about as bad.
Mar 282016
Clarity tends to banality, and obscurity tends to nonsense.
Mar 242016
A great part of writing is the audacity to say “men are” when you mean “I am.”