When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them -- then the rest will be valuable. Mark Twain
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. Jules Renard
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. Saul Bellow
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
Jack Kerouac
If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by. Douglas Adams
Easy reading is damn hard writing. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Write what should not be forgotten. Isabel Allende
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
