I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.
My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: when you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.
Using adverbs is a mortal sin.
If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
Skip the boring parts.
I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.