I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. -- Steven Wright
Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. -- Mark Twain
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. -- Benjamin Franklin
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. -- Blaise Pascal