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Famous William Zinsser Quotes
“Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.”
“To defend what you've written is a sign that you are alive.”
“Writing improves in direct ratio to the things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.”
“My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.”
“Good writers are visible just behind their words.”
“Good writing is lean and confident.”
“Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.”
“Clutter is the disease of American writing.”
“Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other.”
“A writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing.”
“Writing is a craft not an art.”
“The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.”
“A clear sentence is no accident.”