You Write By Sitting Down And Writing.

If Your Train's On The Wrong Track Every Station You Come To Is The Wrong Station.

As Long As A Man Stays Alive He Can't Tell What Chances Will Pop Up Next. But A Dead Man Signs No Checks.

I Fix What's Broken - Except In The Heart.

First Drafts Are For Learning What Your Novel Or Story Is About. Revision Is Working With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Re-form It.... The First Draft Of A Book Is The Most Uncertain-where You Need Guts, The Ability To Accept The Imperfect Until It Is Better.

We're Persecuted In The Most Civilized Languages.