Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself,… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out. — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
