My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.

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

The writers job is like solving a puzzle, and finally arriving at a solution is a tremendous satisfaction.

Probably every subject is interesting if an avenue into it can be found that has humanity and that an ordinary person can follow.

Writing is a craft not an art.

Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously resist explaining why the material is so moving.

Telling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia.