The one proven formula for a good book is to follow around someone interesting, and write down everything he says.
Mar 142014
Writing
If it had been your exact thought you would have used my exact words.
Feb 272014
Reading maketh a full man, writing an exact man, and conference a man ready to quit his job.
Feb 192014
Never look for a synonym.
Feb 112014
By infecting others the writer cures himself.
Jan 102014
Prose can hide every vice but vanity.
Dec 272013
If you must choose, better to Joycify than Wallacize.
Dec 202013
Too much plot shows too little respect for one’s audience, and too little shows too much.
Dec 112013
The ellipsis is the shuffling derelict of punctuation.
Dec 062013
Integrity is the writer refusing to make allowances for the reader; philistinism is the reader refusing to make allowances for the writer.
Nov 292013
Good critics do not have good taste. They have articulate, consistent taste for which the reader can correct.