Start writing by thinking, not wrestling with words.

If you'd blush saying something in person, don't write it.

Your language indicates──and limits──what you think.

To write better you must develop your taste for truth. You have to pay more attention to what you really think, feel, see and want.

Guilt loves the passive.

The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away.

That time is long gone. But aren't we still the same people?

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don't. Robust debate is good.

A goal is a dream with a timeframe on it.

Haters are just confused admirers because they can't figure out the reason why everyone loves you.

Germ theory, which secularized infectious disease, had a side effect: it sacralized epidemiology.

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do

There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors.

When I see grace in a woman, that's very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.