Never let reality get in the way of truth

Don't be afraid to write crap - it makes the best fertilizer. The more you write the better your chances of growing something wonderful.

YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. ... Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged.

What is the character trying to say? Why? Be as specific as you can, using sense images that evoke something about the character. Try using the character's senses, even if the character is you.

Songs are your best teachers. I try to learn something from every song I hear

I hereby grant you permission to write crap. The more the better. Remember, crap makes the best fertilizer.

They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two.

If fruit juices or sugar solutions are left to stand in the open air, they show after a few days the processes which are covered by the name of fermentation phenomena.

By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind.

Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development.

The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.

Legalizing homosexuality is not the first step on a slippery slope to legalizing everything.

When the light has sharply faded And you have lost your way Let another's love guide you It can turn blackest night into day.

I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.

No weapon formed against me shall prosper

I love a challenge and the last four years it has all come to fruition and it has been wonderful.