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

Less is more.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

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.

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

Thought is action in rehearsal.

A clear sentence is no accident.

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.

Two types of leaders: there are thinkers and there are doers. Some are idea generators and others are the implementers.

The best way to engage honestly with the marketplace via Twitter is to never use the words "engage, " "honestly, " or "marketplace.

Be so busy competing with your old self until you start to see no reason to ever compete with others.

No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

I have many friends that don't claim to be followers of Christ. As far as day-to-day friendship and being together at various functions, I don't think that there should be any difference at all.

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

[Donald Trump] has a long record of engaging in racist behavior.

I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.

Thank you, Shay. (Syn) For what? (Shahara) For looking into the eyes of nothing and seeing a man you could love. (Syn)

We can do anything we like as long as it is UNIMPORTANT.