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Famous William Zinsser Quotes
“Dare to tell the smallest of stories if you want to generate large emotions.”
Source: The Writer Who Stayed
“If you lose the dullards back in the dust, that's where they belong. You don't want them anyway.”
“If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.”
Source: On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Source: On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Source: On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
“Decide what you want to do. Then decide to do it. Then do it.”
Source: On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
“What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.”