Quotes by William Zinsser

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

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  Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

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

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

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  Writing is a craft not an art.

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  Writing is thinking on paper.