I've Always Said To Myself That If

By The Time I Am Nearing The End Of A Story, The First Part Will Have Been Reread And Altered And Corrected At Least One Hundred And Fifty Times. I Am Suspicious Of Both Facility And Speed. Good Writing Is Essentially Rewriting. I Am Positive Of This.

But It Is Impossible To Replace A Person One Has Loved To Distraction.

I Don't Care If A Reader Hates One Of My Stories, Just As Long As He Finishes The Book.

Eschew All Those Beastly Adjectives.

No Book Ever Ends, When It's Full Of Your Friends.