Nobody ever stopped reading E. B. White or V. S. Pritchett because the writing was too good.

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.

Faith encompasses so much more than a denomination!

Your relationship with God has to be alive: Learn to be His child

Fear, when blended with failure, distills into a deadly brew.

Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .

Physics is nothing but the ABC's. Nature is an equation with an unknown, a Hebrew word which is written only with consonants to which reason has to add the dots.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

My original idea for the cover was better - decapitate Paul - but he wouldn't go along with it.

I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a.... thrill.....and a joy

Take away the motive, and you take away the sin.

Personally, I'm waiting for caller IQ.