Never call a stomach a tummy without good reason.

...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!

Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.

To acquire style, begin by affecting none.

None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.

Vigorous writing is concise.

Instead of announcing what you are about to tell is interesting, make it so.

Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholesome, and sometimes nauseating.

The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple

We worship life on Usonia. Nature... The moon, the sun, the stars, the rivers.

The heart of the Pharisee is within us all, to redefine God's law so it doesn't apply to me anymore. It applies to my neighbor but not to me.

Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones.

You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.

In a world where everything is remembered and everything is kept forever, you need to live for the future and things you really care about.

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.

If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words, the arts of painting and music would not exist.

The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor in helping the audience feel what the character is thinking.

Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast! For when you do, you will see thousands of rose gardens in yourself.