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title: "75 Writer Quotes By William Zinsser"
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> [Writing is hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-is-hard-work/)

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

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> [You learn to write by writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/you-learn-to-write-by-writing/)

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

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> [Writing is no respecter of blueprints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-is-no-respecter-of-blueprints/)

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

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> [Editors are licensed to be curious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/editors-are-licensed-to-be-curious/)

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

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> [Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/memoir-is-the-art-of-inventing-the-truth/)

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

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> [A writer is always working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/a-writer-is-always-working/)

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

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> [Writing is a craft not an art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-is-a-craft-not-an-art/)

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

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> [“The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/the-reader-is-someone-with-an-attention-span-of-about-30-seconds/)

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

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> [Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/hard-writing-makes-easy-reading-easy-writing-makes-hard-reading/)

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

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> [“Writing is the handmaiden of leadership.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-is-the-handmaiden-of-leadership/)

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

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> [Fighting clutter is like fighting weeds-the writer is always slightly behind,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/fighting-clutter-is-like-fighting-weeds-the-writer-is-always-slightly/)

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> [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/)

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> [Good writers are visible just behind their words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/good-writers-are-visible-just-behind-their-words/)

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

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> [If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/if-you-write-for-yourself-you-ll-reach-all-the-people-you-want-to/)

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

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> [“Writing is an act of ego, and you might as well admit it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-is-an-act-of-ego-and-you-might-as-well-admit-it/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/you-can-solve-most-of-your-writing-problems-if-you-stop-after-every/)

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

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> [Few people realize how badly they write. Nobody has shown them how much excess or murkiness has crept into their style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/few-people-realize-how-badly-they-write-nobody-has-shown-them-how/)

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> [Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/make-a-habit-of-reading-what-is-being-written-today-and-what-has-been/)

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

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> [There are all kinds of writers and all kinds of methods, and any method that helps you to say what you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/there-are-all-kinds-of-writers-and-all-kinds-of-methods-and-any/)

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

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> [Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it's not a question of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/good-writing-has-an-aliveness-that-keeps-the-reader-reading-from-one/)

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> [“Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-improves-in-direct-ratio-to-the-number-of-things-we-can-keep/)

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> [One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/one-of-underestimated-tasks-in-nonfiction-writing-is-to-impose/)

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> [Nobody told all the new e-mail writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they are writing with ease and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/nobody-told-all-the-new-e-mail-writers-that-the-essence-of-writing-is/)

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> [Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/writing-is-hard-work-a-clear-sentence-is-no-accident-very-few/)

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

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> [Every time you look at a blank piece of paper, you're doing something new. You have to step onto that blank territory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/every-time-you-look-at-a-blank-piece-of-paper-you-re-doing-something/)

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> [There's no subject you don't have permission to write about. Students often avoid subjects close to their heart ... because they assume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/there-s-no-subject-you-don-t-have-permission-to-write-about-students/)

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> [“A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time... If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/a-clear-sentence-is-no-accident-very-few-sentences-come-out-right-the/)

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> [Get people talking. Learn to ask questions that will elicit answers about what is most interesting or vivid in their lives. Nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/get-people-talking-learn-to-ask-questions-that-will-elicit-answers/)

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> [Believe in your own identity and your own opinions. Proceed with confidence, generating it, if necessary, by pure willpower. Writing is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/believe-in-your-own-identity-and-your-own-opinions-proceed-with/)

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> [If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/if-you-would-like-to-write-better-than-everybody-else-you-have-to/)

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> [“Look for the clutter in your writing and prune it ruthlessly. Be grateful for everything you can throw away. Reexamine each sentence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/look-for-the-clutter-in-your-writing-and-prune-it-ruthlessly-be/)

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> [Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/tips-can-make-someone-a-better-writer-but-not-necessarily-a-good/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/soon-after-you-confront-the-matter-of-preserving-your-identity/)

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> [My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/my-commodity-as-a-writer-whatever-i-m-writing-about-is-me-and-your/)

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> [You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/you-must-find-some-way-to-elevate-your-act-of-writing-into-an/)

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

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> [A writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/a-writer-will-do-anything-to-avoid-the-act-of-writing/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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

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> [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/)

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