In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.