It's a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon "launder" became a dirty word.

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.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

D’Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself? Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he’ll be his usual charming self by morning.

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she’s truly beautiful.

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned.

Culture outperforms strategy every time; and culture with strategy is unbeatable.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

As much as we all talk about the future and how so many things are merging, there is a simplicity that is crucial.

If you don't want it bad enough to risk losing it- you don't want it bad enough.