Nobody ever stopped reading E. B. White or V. S. Pritchett because the writing was too good.

A writer is obviously at his most natural and relaxed when he writes in the first person. Writing is a personal transaction between two people, conducted on paper, and the transaction will go well to the extent that it retains its humanity.

To defend what you've written is a sign that you are alive.

You learn to write by writing.

Dare to tell the smallest of stories if you want to generate large emotions.

Although the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt, Germany, we have long since made it our own, a twin pillar of democracy along with Mom's apple pie. In fact, now that Mom's apple pie comes frozen and baked by somebody who isn't Mom, the hot dog stands alone. What it symbolizes remains pure, even if what it contains does not.

Decide what you want to do. Then decide to do it. Then do it.