If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.

Writing is a craft not an art.

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

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

Writing is hard work.

Never let anything go out into the world that you don't understand.

The writer who cares about usage must always know the quick from the dead.