Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you from conventionalism, faddishness, and clichรฉ.
Marilynne RobinsonIt's not a man's working hours that is important, it is how he spends his leisure time.
Marilynne RobinsonI do have an impulse to sort of leverage what I say against something I disagree with.
Marilynne Robinson