Quotes by : William Zinsser

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well....

Don't annoy your readers by over-explaining--by telling them something they already know or can figure....

Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them,....

The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds.

Probably every subject is interesting if an avenue into it can be found that has humanity and that an....

I'm often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task--the day's....

Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves.

It's no fun to think about infinity and no cinche to write about it. Again, it helps to look for some....

The final advantage is the same that applies in every other competitive venture. If you would like to....

But apart from these lazinesses of logic, what makes the story so tired is the failure of the writer....