Everyone my age had written a novel and I was still having difficulty writing a paragraph.
Ernest HemingwayTry and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time. I only use swear words, for example, that have lasted at least a thousand years for fear of getting stuff that will be simply timely and then go sour.
Ernest HemingwayThe brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them.
Ernest Hemingway