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There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.

William Zinsser

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William Zinsser
Age: 92 †
Born: 1922
Born: October 7
Died: 2015
Died: May 12
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
New York City
New York
William Knowlton Zinsser
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Writing is thinking on paper.
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Journalism is writing that first appears in any periodic journal.
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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 to say is the right method for you.
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Writing wasn't easy and wasn't fun. It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed.
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Much of my writing has taken the form of a pilgrimage: to sacred places that represent the best of America, to musicians and other artists who represent the best of their art.
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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 act of ego and you might as well admit it. Use its energy to keep yourself going.
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Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is.
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A clear sentence is no accident.
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Never forget that you are practicing a craft with certain principles.
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When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.
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The writers job is like solving a puzzle, and finally arriving at a solution is a tremendous satisfaction.
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The writer who cares about usage must always know the quick from the dead.
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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 that their teachers will regard those topics as 'stupid.' No area of life is stupid to someone who takes it seriously. If you follow your affections you will write well and will engage your readers.
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Be grateful for every word you can cut.
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Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.
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I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is sound, the product will take care of itself, and sales are likely to follow.
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But nothing has replaced the writer. He or she is still stuck with the same old job of saying something that other people will want to read.
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Although the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt, Germany, we have long since made it our own, a twin pillar of democracy along with Mom's apple pie. In fact, now that Mom's apple pie comes frozen and baked by somebody who isn't Mom, the hot dog stands alone. What it symbolizes remains pure, even if what it contains does not.
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Good writers are visible just behind their words.
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All writers should strive to deliver something fresh-something editors or readers won't know they want until they see it.
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