The excerpt that is in the first page of my reserved notebook

"Writing is a craft, like any other: playing the violin, skating, batting at cricket, billiards, wood-carving--anything you like; and mastership in any craft is attainment of the end to which the craft is devoted. A craftsman is excellent in his craft according to his degree of attainment towards its end, and his use of the means towards that end. Now the end of writing is the production in the reader's mind of a certain image and a certain emotion. And the means towards that end are the use of the words in any particular language; and the complete use of that medium is the choosing of the right words and the putting of them into the right order."

This was written by Hillaire Belloc on his introduction to the work of P.G Wodehouse to which a Wikipedia entry of him says:

".. writing style is notable for its unique blend of contemporary London clubroom slang with elegant, classically-informed drawing-room English. As in: "I once got engaged to his daughter Honoria, a ghastly dynamic exhibit who read Nietzsche and had a laugh like waves breaking on a stern and rockbound coast."

and to which H. Belloc says:

"..almost always reaches perfection."

Weekend Wodehouse is a compilation of his works ranging from excerpts, letters, condensed novels, and anecdotes that presents the laughable or the humorous. Perfect buddy for long waits.