“Good writing, like gold, combines lustrous lucidity with high density. What this means is good writing is packed with hints.”

“Write it, damn you, write it! What else are you good for?”

“Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind---vividly, forcefully…”

“You're going to write straight and simple and good now. That's the start.'
'What if I'm not straight and simple and good? Do you think I can write that way?'
'Write how you are but make it straight.”

“Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.”

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”

“not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.”

“Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite”

“This was such bad writing that it was good.”

“To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.”