Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't spring full-blown as Bach or Picasso; they needed models. This is especially true of writing.

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process.

Clutter is the official language used by corporations to hide their mistakes.

You learn to write by writing.

Writers can write to affirm and to celebrate, or they can write to debunk and destroy; the choice is ours.

Writing is such lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up. If something strikes me as funny in the act of writing, I throw it in just to amuse myself. If I think it's funny I assume a few other people will find it funny, and that seems to me to be a good day's work.

Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.