The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

When you catch an adjective, kill it.  No, I don’t mean utterly, but kill most of them–then the rest will be valuable.  They weaken when they are close together.  They give strength when they are far apart.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and humorist.  He has often been praised as one of America’s greatest humorists, and American writer William Faulkner called him “the father of American Literature.”