Ends Quote by Bertrand Russell

“First: never use a long word if a short word will do. Second: if you want to make a statement with a great many…

— Bertrand Russell

I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make…

— Charles R. Swindoll

When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.

— Michael Hastings

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

— Elmore Leonard

The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components,

— Anonymous

“Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I sometimes have to write for a while before I figure it out, pretend that I know what I'm doing, sort of like ad-libbing…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessay sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should…

— William Strunk Jr

“I’ve given you plenty of ways not to start your presentation. What’s a better approach? Well, think of how a journalist writes a news…

— Bill McGowan

After writing a novel, what is there to say? If a novelist could say it in a maxim, they wouldn't need 120,000 words, several…

— Richard Flanagan

I always tell my students to write the story all the way through, not to play with the language and fall in love with…

— Molly Antopol

If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need…

— Chris Bohjalian