Computers Quote by William Strunk, Jr

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

— William Strunk, Jr

“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

You are told that you have to eliminate un-useful sentences, but as a writer you know how important details are.

— Alejandro Zambra

In prose, I think you sometimes have to write in very plain language, where every line may not seem to be so important, though…

— Grace Paley

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

— Anonymous

Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary.

— Oscar Wilde

I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it

— Clifford Geertz

Writing is not complete when you've added everything you could, but rather, when you've taken away everything that is not needed.

— Anne Clark

We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.

— Shepard Smith

Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.

— Stephen King

No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together.

— Wilson Follett

Words are useless, especially sentences.

— Madonna Ciccone