Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.