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William K. Zinsser - From the Editing category:
- On Writing Well...
Few people realize how badly they write... The point is that you have to strip down your writing before you can build it back up. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Enthusiasm category:
I often find myself reading with interest about a topic I never thought would interest me - some scientific quest, perhaps. What holds me is the enthusiasm of the writer for his field. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Finishing category:
When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Humour category:
What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Imitation category:
- On Writing Well...
Writing is learned by imitation. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Insecurity category:
- advice to graduates of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, 1988...
Be wary of security as a goal. It may often look like life's best prize. Usually it's not. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Joy category:
Pure nonsense is a joy forever, as Keats didn't quite say. I love to see a writer flying high, just for the hell of it. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Revelation category:
Whatever I write about, I make myself available. No hiding. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Selling category:
- On Writing Well...
Ultimately, the product any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Simplicity category:
Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Simplicity category:
- On Writing Well...
Simplify, simplify. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Thinking category:
Clear thinking becomes clear writing. One can't exist without the other. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Thought category:
Thought is action in rehearsal. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Words category:
- On Writing Well...
If a good word already exists, there is no need to invent something painful. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Words category:
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Writing category:
Writing is thinking on paper. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Writing category:
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Writing category:
Good writers are visible just behind their words. (William K. Zinsser)
William K. Zinsser - From the Writing category:
- On Writing Well...
All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem. (William K. Zinsser)
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