A while back,  Wordpress stopped telling the hardworking staff that its new posts were groovy and rad, and started quoting Writers on Writing with each new addition.

Some new representative samples:

I’m a drinker with writing problems.

– Brendan Behan

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it.

– Leo Rosten

Be obscure clearly.

– E.B. White

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

– W. Somerset Maugham

And the hardworking staff’s favorite:

I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

– Elmore Leonard

Copy that.

P.S. The quote WordPress attached to this post?

A metaphor is like a simile.

– Author Unknown

And deservedly so.