Howard Mittelmark said this quote

A good approach is to allow one dream per novel. Then, in the final revision, go back and get rid of that, too.

~ Howard Mittelmark

Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are overacting, emoting like silent film stars. Still, an adverb can be exactly what a sentence needs. They can add important intonation to dialogue, or subtly convey information.

~ Howard Mittelmark

Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half of a kitten. It is not half as cute as a whole kitten; it is a bloody, godawful mess.

~ Howard Mittelmark

...it has been demonstrated through years of workshops that the Artist Within tends to make the same mistakes as the artist within everybody else.

~ Howard Mittelmark