A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes the difference? The verb.

Verbose is not a synonym for literary.

Writers dream of sentences that sail through the waters of thought. We try to control their shape and size, and we struggle to let them glide, rather than thrash at sea.

The flesh of prose gets its shape and strength from the bones of grammar.

Ultimately, whether we are writing posts, paragraphs, essays, arguments, memoirs, monographs or even just the Great American Tweet, writing is and should be a grand adventure.

Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention.

Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear.

In writing, the connection between storyteller and audience is just as important. By using some subtle devices, a narrator can reach out to the reader and say, 'We’re in this together.'

There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to make their sentences distinctive.

If a man can save himself, there is no need for a Saviour.

The big print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them.

Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with.

I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head.

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.

All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.

We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.

The mother tongue is propaganda.

A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.