A writer is always working.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

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.

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

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

Writing is linear and sequential; Sentence B must follow Sentence A, and Sentence C must follow Sentence B, and eventually you get to Sentence Z. The hard part of writing isn't the writing; it's the thinking. You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: What does the reader need to know next?

Don't be kind of bold. Be bold.