When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.

Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other.

The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.

People read with their ears, whether they know it or not.

Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation.

Nobody becomes Tom Wolfe overnight, not even Tom Wolfe.

Writing wasn't easy and wasn't fun. It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed.