Reading Is An Activity Subsequent To Writing:

He Consorted With Prostitutes And Poets...and With Persons Even Worse.

Although I'm Very Lazy When It Comes To Writing, I'm Not That Lazy When It Comes To Thinking. I Like To Develop The Plan Of A Short Story, Then Cut It As Short As Possible, Try To Evolve All The Necessary Details. I Know Far More About The Characters Than What Actually Comes Out Of The Writing.

Don't Talk Unless You Can Improve The Silence.

Unlike The Novel, A Short Story May Be, For All Purposes, Essential.

The Possibilities Of The Art Of Combination Are Not Infinite, But They Tend To Be Frightful.