I have only one bit of advice to the beginning writer: Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.

If you type adeptly with 10 fingers, you're typing faster than your mind is working.