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> [“Soon after you confront the matter of preserving your identity, another question will occur to you: “Who am I writing for?” It’s a fundamental question, and it has a fundamental answer: You are writing for yourself. Don’t try to visualize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/soon-after-you-confront-the-matter-of-preserving-your-identity/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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> [Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/don-t-try-to-visualize-the-great-mass-audience-there-is-no-such/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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## More by William Zinsser

> [“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every long word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/but-the-secret-of-good-writing-is-to-strip-every-sentence-to-its/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood; people who write obscurely are either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/no-one-has-something-original-or-important-to-say-will-willing-we-run/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver - words like "enthralling" and "luminous."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/avoid-the-ecstatic-adjectives-that-occupy-such-disproportionate-space/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Scholarship hath no fury like that of a language purist faced with sludge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/scholarship-hath-no-fury-like-that-of-a-language-purist-faced-with/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Clutter is the official language used by corporations to hide their mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/clutter-is-the-official-language-used-by-corporations-to-hide-their/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/keep-your-paragraphs-short-writing-is-visual-it-catches-the-eye/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/never-hesitate-to-imitate-another-writer-every-person-learning-a/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Clutter is the disease of American writing,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/clutter-is-the-disease-of-american-writing/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/abraham-lincoln-and-winston-churchill-rode-to-glory-on-the-back-of/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-organizes-and-clarifies-our-thoughts-writing-is-how-we-think/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/rewriting-is-the-essence-of-writing-well-where-the-game-is-won-or-lost/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/clear-thinking-becomes-clear-writing-one-can-t-exist-without-the-other/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/i-almost-always-urge-people-to-write-in-the-first-person-writing-is/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Don't be kind of bold. Be bold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/don-t-be-kind-of-bold-be-bold/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

> [Journalism is writing that first appears in any periodic journal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/journalism-is-writing-that-first-appears-in-any-periodic-journal/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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