Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon."

Writing is thinking on paper.

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.