The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style - all mannerisms, tricks, adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.

The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.

Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.

Writing is not an exercise in excision, it's a journey into sound.

It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people.

Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.