Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
—William Zinsser
Topics: Authors & Writing, Simplicity, Writing, Writers
Writing is thinking on paper.
—William Zinsser
Topics: Authors & Writing, Writing, Writers
If writing seems hard, it’s because it is hard. It’s one of the hardest things people do.
—William Zinsser
Topics: Writing
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.
—William Zinsser
Topics: Writers, Authors & Writing, Writing
Writing and learning and thinking are the same process.
—William Zinsser
Topics: Thinking
Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
—William Zinsser
Topics: Writers, Authors & Writing, Writing
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