You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable surprise. Any number of devices will do the job.... These seeming amusements in fact become your 'style.' When we say we like the style of certain writers, what we mean is that we like their personality as they express it on paper.

Thought is action in rehearsal.

Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is.

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

Writing wasn't easy and wasn't fun. It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed.

Editors are licensed to be curious.

The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.