Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.
And the ones who would not make war? Can they stop it?
All bad writers are in love with the epic.
Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.