It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't been careful enough

Less is more.

Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.

Writing is such a lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up.

I'm often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task--the day's work--and not with some enjoyment.

The writer, his eye on the finish line, never gave enough thought to how to run the race.

Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it.

...being "rather unique" is no more possible than being rather pregnant.

But on the question of who you're writing for, don't be eager to please.

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough.

The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds.

If you want to see what your truly committed to, look at your results.

My heart's broken, ' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken.

Real education is about revolution.

Thus I came to condemn capitalism, not through any oppression endured by me personally, but through that very deification of efficiency which capitalism had taught me, for its own purposes.

Bad luck relies on absolutely perfect timing.

I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking

We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean.

When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years. When I was 40, nobody wanted me.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.

Believe in yourself, even if you feel like turning back at times. Don't run away. Little by little you will get closer to achieving your dreams.