Style is what's there when you look at someone's writing and you know that they wrote it and nobody else did.
Confidence is something one acquires. It can come early or late but it is impossible to write without it. Mine came late.
Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.
Be bold, but not too bold. Have courage, but not too much.
People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said.
Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.