Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

Being crazy isn't enough.

Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to do tricks with pacing, alternate long sentences with short, to keep it vital and alive.... Virtually every page is a cliffhanger--you've got to force them to turn it."~