Decide what you want to do. Then decide to do it. Then do it.

Less is more.

Writing is thinking on paper.

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

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.

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

Thought is action in rehearsal.

A clear sentence is no accident.

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.

Understanding is a power greater then knowledge.

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.

The mystery religions were instituted in order to protect the marvels of the commonplace from those who would devalue them.

I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.

You'd know if I was the de-facto leader of the Democratic Party, because you'd go down to Walgreen's and buy a pack of blunts.

When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.

We cry for cow protection in the name of religion, but we refuse protection to the human cow in the shape of the girl-widow.

I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.

I don't advocate senseless violence of any human being. I'm the one who's been beat down. But I will not be a victim again.