Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it's not a question of gimmicks to "personalize" the author.
Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.
Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other.
Writing is hard work.
If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.
Writing wasn't easy and wasn't fun. It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed.