Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.

The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.

All the information you need can be given in dialogue.

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.

Alison’s gaze gentled. “Tell me, Samantha, have you ever been to Scotland?

In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in good fortune the most troublesome of friends...

Homeschooling allows you the freedom to step off the highway of learning and take a more scenic route along a dirt road.

Sometimes, the only way to evolve is to open ourselves fully.

They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.

Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.

Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.

We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves.

The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.

The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.