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

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.

Share them with only people who can help you with information and support. When you meet negative people, zip your mouth.

Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.

If you take the approach of “earning” your customers’ business every day and treating them well, they’re less likely to try someone else.

Commendation n: the tribute that we pay to achievements that resemble but do not equal our own.

This is a tragedy for the players. Their careers are short and this is money and opportunity they'll never get back.

I'm still spending my working life trying to mine people's souls and now they're complimenting me in reviews on the amount of time I spend in the gym. On the definition of my triceps.

Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance.

Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other.

I won't be able to live without my guitar, my phone or my boots on tour.

I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century