Dust Quote by William Zinsser

“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every long word…

— William Zinsser

No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood; people who write obscurely are either…

— William Zinsser

Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver - words like "enthralling" and "luminous."

— William Zinsser

Scholarship hath no fury like that of a language purist faced with sludge.

— William Zinsser

Clutter is the official language used by corporations to hide their mistakes.

— William Zinsser

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

— William Zinsser

Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and…

— William Zinsser

Clutter is the disease of American writing,

— William Zinsser

Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence.

— William Zinsser

Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us…

— William Zinsser

Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost.

— William Zinsser

Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other.

— William Zinsser