Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.

In the spring mornings I would work early while my wife still slept. The windows were open wide and the cobbles of the street were drying after the rain.

Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.

How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Never confuse motions with action.