Buffalo Bill on Writing

Oh, I’ve been holding onto this quote and photo for years, hoping someday to share it here if ever Ride on, Will Cody! sold. And now it has, and here it is — a wonderful gem.

Life is too short to make big letters when small ones will do; and as for punctuation, if my readers don’t know enough to take their breath without those little marks, they’ll have to lose it, that’s all.
— William F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill”