William Zinsser Quotes

Writing is thinking on paper. - William Zinsser

Writing is a craft not an art. - William Zinsser

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process. - William Zinsser

There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God. - William Zinsser

It is a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon, 'launder' became a dirty word. - William Zinsser

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading. - William Zinsser

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. - William Zinsser

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

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