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Good Writing Is Essentially Rewriting.

A Person Is A Fool To Become A Writer. His Only Compensation Is Absolute Freedom.

The Prime Function Of The Children's Book Writer Is To Write A Book That Is So Absorbing, Exciting, Funny, Fast And Beautiful That The Child Will Fall In Love With It. And That First Love Affair Between The Young Child And The Young Book Will Lead Hopefully To Other Loves For Other Books And When That Happens The Battle Is Probably Won. The Child Will Have Found A Crock Of Gold. He Will Also Have Gained Something That Will Help To Carry Him Most Marvelously Through The Tangles Of His Later Years. Roald Dahl

When Writing About Oneself, One Must Strive To Be Truthful. Truth Is More Important Than Modesty.

We Have So Much Time And So Little To Do. Strike That, Reverse It.