Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

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.

Children love to polish brass and silver, then move on to polishing their own shoes.

He was just a taker. She was a taker in her way too. They were taking each other, and they loved each other for that. -June Havoc

I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.

I live in a constant state of hyperbole.

I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me.

I don't read much fiction because I already read a lot of scripts, so I want to learn about the world.

I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts

A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.