Actually Quote by Gretchen Rubin

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

— Theodore Sturgeon

When I'm writing, I'll just say random stuff that doesn't make sense, and then a certain word that I keep saying will stick out,…

— Jorja Smith

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

— Anne Rice

Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.

— Horace

Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. The greater your vocabulary the more ­effective your writing. We who write…

— P. D. James

Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light.

— Wislawa Szymborska

A recurring ideal, I find, is that of simplicity. At times there comes the desire to write with great precision and clarity, words so…

— R. S. Thomas

Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

— Joseph Joubert

Vigorous writing is concise.

— William Strunk, Jr

I go through the text making sure I haven't used any big words. If I find any fancy adjectives have crept in, I replace…

— Martin Millar

In good writing, words become one with things.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It can be stressful if I wrote something that I realize doesn't sound right. I can write something at home and be like, "Great.…

— Katie Dippold