There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.

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.

Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right.

Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.

No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.

The Holy Spirit is a healing spirit. When the Holy Spirit is present, anything is possible.

There's no prayer like desire.

The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.