“ The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas. Oliver Markus
“ [G]ive nothing centrality, because writing is about continually shifting weight from one thing and moment to the other. Amit Chaudhuri
“ My advice to writers is this:Walk, talk, breathe, laugh, cry, fall, rise, fail, succeed, run, jump, love, hate, hide, seek, learn, work, play, feel, LIVE.Then write it down. S. Alex Martin
“ Who will teach me to write? a reader wanted to know.The page, the page, that eternal blankness, the blankness of eternity which you cover slowly, affirming time's scrawl as a right and your daring as… Annie Dillard
“ As a writer, I like the list of "things to strive for" that Richard Yates kept above his typewriter:genuine claritygenuine feelingthe right wordthe exact English sentencethe eloquent detailthe rigorou… Richard Yates
“ To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook) Steven Heighton
