Many Players Will Not Improve

I Like Bach. I Like Randy Newman.

A Good Writer Gets Better Only By Learning To Cut, To Remove The Ornamental, The Descriptive, The Narrative, And Especially The Deeply Felt And Meaningful. What Remains? The Story Remains.

Here Is A Sovereign Talisman Against Regret: Never Do That Which Might Engender It.

I Used To Think I'd Like To Be A Fireman - In Fact, I Still Would - And The Only Drawback I Could See Was Coming Back To The Firehouse, After A Day Of Fighting Fires, And Still Having To Put In An Eight-hour Day Writing.

It's Only Words... Unless They're True.