[quote=Elmore Leonard]If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.[/quote]

[quote=Philip Roth]The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.[/quote]

[quote=Tom Clancy]I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: tell the damned story.[/quote]

[quote=William Zinsser]I almost always urge people to write in the first person. … Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.[/quote]