“When you’ve got a thing to say, 
Say it! Don’t take half a day.

When your tale’s got little in it
Crowd the whole thing in a minute! 

Life is short–a fleeting vapor–
Don’t you fill the whole blamed paper

With a tale which, at a pinch, 
Could be cornered in an inch!

Boil her down until she simmers,
Polish her until she glimmers.” 

― Joel Chandler Harris