I didn't have a handbook, so I've just made it up as I went along.

The key to revising is to let the writing get 'cold' between revisions; a time lapse between readings enables you to read the draft more objectively and see what you have actually said, instead of what you meant to say.

Any difficult task seems easier if you break it down into manageable steps.

They've been spending more than they get for the last couple of years. Maybe this report will be a wakeup call for them to do better with what they have in case we lose the mill.

I bought this house because of location, location, location.

You have to go by the handbook. We have all the guidelines in that book. ... Coming out at a meeting and saying you can do this or that, we can't do that in a meeting.