“Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.”
“To write better you must develop your taste for truth. You have to pay more attention to what you really think, feel, see and want.”
“Tone is the hardest part of saying no.”
“Guilt loves the passive.”
“Your language indicates──and limits──what you think.”
“You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.”