Quotes by Zinsser, William

Writing is a craft not an art. >>

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

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and huma >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

As a man has no right to kill one of his children if it is diseased or >>

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be >>

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter >>

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

Zinsser, William