Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

She had rouged her cheeks to a color otherwise seen only on specially ordered Pontiac Firebirds, and in her ears she wore two feathered appliances resembling surfcasting jigs especially appetizing to striped bass.

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound the multitude.

The art of writing is what you get to do once to do become familiar with the craft.

It was darker than a carload of assholes.