Howard Mittelmark said this quote

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

In real life, couples bond and war over a million different things. The causes of divorce are like beautiful, unique snowflakes.

~ 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