“Our body does get old, but our spirit, never. If we write well enough, we might even live forever.”

“Sound gives life to our words just as well as the images they conjure up and the sound is there, whether or not we read them aloud.”

“Write in pictures. With your words, let the reader see not letters, but images. Be specific about every detail, but don't describe it--make it happen on the page, if you were writing fiction, or make it happen over again, if you were writing about history or some recent event.”

“The only reason you can't write is because you don't.”

“And because the world is too big and time is too short and you only have one life to live, read!”

“A deadline gets a writer's work done done better and faster than any inspiration, if only because inspirations don't always come, but the deadline is always there.”

“Words are music to the ears, alone or together, with or without melody.”