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

All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.

Writing is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement of thought. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly---about any subject at all.

Get people talking. Learn to ask questions that will elicit answers about what is most interesting or vivid in their lives. Nothing so animates writing as someone telling what he thinks or what he does - in his own words. His own words will always be better than your words, even if you are the most elegant stylist in the land.

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

What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.

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