E.B. White, The Elements of Style

"If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility?"

"The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up."