"No writer is ever absolutely original. He always joins, at some point, onto that old tree of which he is a branch."
- Arthur Conan Doyle
"... if you give the right impression at the start, the knowledge of the reader will grow by gradual accretion as the story goes along... don't tell too much."
- Max Perkins
"Sandy spoke with warmth about Kesey, about the whole experience, with no traces of rancor. Just before we parted, Sandy said, 'You know...I'll always be on the bus." Tom Wolfe - The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test