'one Hundred Years Of Solitude' Convinced Me

All The Elements Of Good Writing Depend On The Writer's Skill In Choosing One Word Instead Of Another.

If Things Are Going Well I Can Easily Spend Twelve Hours A Day Writing, But Not Writing Writing, Just Thinking And Revising And Taking A Comma Out And Putting It Back In.

When We Humans Speak, We Are Not Merely Communicating Information But Attempting To Make An Impression And Achieve A Goal.

But Beneath It All Will Run That Sicilian Understanding That The Underside Of Joy Is Grief, That The Face Of Sacrifice And Suffering Is The Dark Mirror Image Of Pleasure And Enjoyment, That Every Moment Of Arrival Is To Be Treasured And Enjoyed In The Full Knowledge That It Has Brought Us A Moment Closer To The Moment Of Departure.

There Are Many Occasions In Literature In Which Telling Is Far More Effective Than Showing.