Unless you're writing for a humorous effect, elves or space aliens and all creatures who aren't human should at least be as strange as, oh, the French.

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away.

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

It's always good to hear that people you like are happy.

Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.

Unless you're writing for a humorous effect, elves or space aliens and all creatures who aren't human should at least be as strange as, oh, the French.

It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.