The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also the most difficult task.
Fiction has to make sense.
Elmore Leonard History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.