Anyone who wishes....

[Paul Whybrow]

Anyone who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.

H.W. Fowler

 

[Dorm Ant]

I'm no good at being showy, and when I decided in school that I wanted to be a writer, I worried that I wouldn't be able to manage all the flowery language required. Then I read the likes of PG Wodehouse and Conan Doyle and realised that I didn't have to.