“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”

Mark Twain

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.

William Faulkner

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.

Barbara Kingsolver

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen

“One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store.”

Patricia Marx