Pure poetry, n. A polite term for an especially execrable piece of prose.
Feb 052019
Writing
If it had been your exact thought you would have used my exact words.
Jan 102019
If you write for yourself, keep it out of my sight.
Dec 072018
Written history is mostly war, and the surest way to be remembered is to start one.
Nov 232018
The talent to be memorable carries the obligation to be wise.
Nov 222018
One praises style when there is nothing else to praise.
Sep 282018
Write briefly, and risk being misunderstood; or write at length, and assure it.
Sep 182018
The supreme accolade for a writer is to have his work attributed to Anonymous.
Sep 072018
Wisdom, to be distilled, must be acquired.
Aug 242018
Never write a bad review until the book has received too many good ones.
Jun 072018
The first rung on the ladder of literacy is pedantry, or as we now say, fact-checking.