Creative Quotations from . . .
William Zinsser
(1922-2015) born on
Oct 07
US journalist, editor, edcuator, writer. He is best known for "On Writing Well" stresses that good writers need to have fun at what they do to provide readers a good time.
         
   
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F
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.

R
Writing is thinking on paper.
A
I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.
N
There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.
K
Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
R: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
A: On Writing Well," Harper & Row 76
N: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
K: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
 

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