“Writing is thinking on paper”

“Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.”

“I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.”

“Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your readers will recognize in their own lives. Think small and you'll wind up finding the big themes in your family saga. ”

“Writing is an act of ego, and you might as well admit it.”

“Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.”

“Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.”