A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper. - E.B. White

A schoolchild should be taught grammar — for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an English sentence, the child can then go forth and speak and write any damn way he pleases.

She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writers. Charlotte was both.

The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up.