Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do

Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.

Also bear in mind, when you're choosing your words and stringing them together, how they sound. This may seem absurd: readers read with their eyes. But in fact they hear what they are reading far more than you realize.

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

You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?

Eloquence invites us to bring some part of ourselves to the transaction.

A writer is always working.