The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media: "It's the birthday of Graham Greene, born in Hertfordshire, England (1904). He wrote just 500 words per day, often stopped writing in the middle of a sentence when he'd reached his quota but ended up publishing over 30 books."

I find this fascinating. 500 words seems pretty simple. Only a few pages. Yet, he wrote 30 books in his life time, 30 excellent books. I guess 500 words a day is a lot of words in a year.