Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be tired. Be confused. Be depressed. Be annoyed. Don’t hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident.

The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.

Few people realize how badly they write. Nobody has shown them how much excess or murkiness has crept into their style.

Writing is thinking on paper.

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

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

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