If you have a simply swell story in mind, you can forget the rules. A swell story takes care of itself.

I've read a lot of first-rate writing, and I have some critical sense; so I know where I stand. I'll never be first rate. I'll improve with practice, I trust, but I haven't got what it takes to reach the top.

Writing is hard work, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. It's hard on the eyes the back, the fanny, the disposition and the nail polish.

Writing is hard work, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. It's hard on the eyes, the back, the fanny, the disposition and the nail polish.