After 58 Years You'd Think Writing Would

I Have Fun Writing. I Don't Make It A Chore. I Don't Have To Struggle With It.

Don't Worry About What Your Mother Thinks Of Your Language.

There Are Some People Who Have Been Reading Me For Years, And They Keep Saying Kind Things About The Writing. That's What You're Writing For, To Get People To Respond To It.

Never Open A Book With Weather. There Are Exceptions. If You Happen To Be Barry Lopez, Who Has More Ways To Describe Ice And Snow Than An Eskimo, You Can Do All The Weather Reporting You Want.

Keep Your Exclamation Points Under Control. You Are Allowed No More Than Two Or Three Per 100,000 Words Of Prose.