Be wary of security as a goal. It may often look like life's best prize. Usually it's not.

I think a sentence is a fine thing to put a preposition at the end of.

Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.

Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence.

Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.

Not every oak has to be gnarled, every detective hard-bitten. The adjective that exists solely as a decoration is a self-indulgence for the writer and an obstacle for the reader.

Writers can write to affirm and to celebrate, or they can write to debunk and destroy; the choice is ours.