Rules for writers?

Lovely and inspiring article in two parts.  Lots of famous author people were asked for 10 rules for writing fiction, and they responded. 

I have to say I really do appreciate Leonard's answers.  I like it when someone says, "Don't do this unless you can do it successfully like this person in this book."  In fact, I love it when people give specific examples like these.  It's like a writing gold mine!