Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.
Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.
Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.
A lawyer's job is to manipulate the skeletons in other people's closets.
A writer writes what other people only think.
The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur.