"Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." ~Mark Twain
"I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read." ~Tracy Kidder
"It takes brains to write, and you can't fake it. Anybody who can turn out a good story is probably smarter than half the corporation executives in America and a good deal more honest." ~Garrison Keillor
"There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book." ~Saul Bellow
"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom." ~ Roald Dahl
"What you have to do now is work. There's no right way to start." ~Anna Held Audette
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." ~Jack London
