Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

He did not say that because he knew that if you said a good thing it might not happen.

The only kind of writing is rewriting.

Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved.

Good writing is good conversation, only more so.