Sorry to hear about your Dad." He shrugged. "He was seventy, and we always told him fast food would kill him." "Heart attack?" "He was hit by a Pizza Express truck.

Of course, Jack Kilborn is better than both of us combined and mixed with a side helping of the Bronte sisters.

Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.

There's a word for a writer who never gives up: published.

If you can't be smart or funny, be brief.

Sorry to hear about your Dad." He shrugged. "He was seventy, and we always told him fast food would kill him." "Heart attack?" "He was hit by a Pizza Express truck.

Never having something is different than having something and losing it.