Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.

Astrology is the sheerest hokum. This pseudoscience has been around since the day of the Chaldeans and Babylonians. It is as phony as numerology, phrenology, palmistry, alchemy, the reading of tea leaves, and the practice of divination by the entrails of a goat. No serious person will buy the notion that our lives are influenced individually by the movement of distant planets. This is the sawdust blarney of the carnival midway.

Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.

If you would write emotionally, be first unemotional. If you would move your readers to tears, do not let them see you cry.

The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as he goes along.

Style is important, but content comes first.

Find out where the people want to go, then hustle yourself around in front of them.