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

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.

Consciousness is everywhere, let it fill you up.

Wouldst thou both eat they cake and have it?

I think I grew a grey watching you procrastinate.

Life is, to some extent, an extended dialogue with your future self about how exactly you are going to let yourself down over the coming years.

People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics.

Yes, it benefits the planet, but I don't lead with the green message anymore because I think there's a more evergreen way to look at it, which is efficiency.

My relationship with my wife is fraught with all of the problems that any couples face, but there is a sense of humor that we have about it and a real desire to want to make it better.

I would have all my offensive linemen wrestle if I could.

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to make something coherent from conflicting elements to fit rapidly changing settings.

Nobody can come and be involved in the #LoveArmy unless they have a heart.