I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice. - Mark Twain
The world is but a canvas to the imagination. - Henry David Thoreau
The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas. - Linus Pauling
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. - Oscar Levant
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. - John Steinbeck
Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.'- Francoise Sagan
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. - F Scott Fitzgerald
Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. - J G Ballard
I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. - Peter De Vries
Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass. - Anton Chekhov
A writer is working when he's staring out of the window. - Burton Rascoe
Write, write, write—till your fingers break. - Anton Chekhov
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else. - Eleanor Roosevelt
- Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all - Sir Winston Churchill
On a journey of one hundred miles, ninety is but halfway. - Chinese Proverb.
Never talk about what you are going to do until after you have written it. - Mario Puzo
In my view, stories and novels consist of three parts: narration, which moves the story from point A to point B and finally to point Z; description, which creates a sensory reality for the reader; and dialogue, which brings characters to life through their speech. You may wonder where plot is in all this. The answer - my answer, anyway - is nowhere. - Stephen King On Writing.
If I leave a story for a long time, I cannot make myself finish it afterwards. I have to begin again. Anton Chekhov
Don't be a one-book writer. - Pierre Burton.
In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration. - John Steinbeck.
