They say dogs ignore their reflections in mirrors because they can't smell them. Dogs, unlike people, are not fooled by what they see.

I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

Ninety percent of everything is crap.