“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.”
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Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
