I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.
Mark TwainOne should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.
Mark TwainI don't speak German well but several experts have assured me that I write it like an angel. Maybe so, maybe so- I don't know. I've not yet made any acquaintances among the angels. That comes later, whenever it please the Deity. I'm not in any hurry.
Mark TwainThere are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.
Mark Twain