Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works.

Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.

I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was always difficult, and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.

I felt the death loneliness that comes at the end of every day that is wasted in your life.

The one who is doing his work and getting satisfaction from it is not the one the poverty bothers.

The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale.

Everything is your fault if you're any damn good.