Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Opinion! If every one had so little tact as to give their true opinion when it was asked this would be a miserable world.

The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do, cloudless if possible.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?

Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.

The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.