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....

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

Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This....

But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that....

Vulnerability has a strength of its own.

Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher's....

Writing is such a lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up.

Learn to enjoy this tidying process. I don't like to write; I like to have written. But I love to rewrite.....

No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood....

Less is more.