Vigorous writing is concise.

...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.

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.

A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

A road to nowhere will always go somewhere.

I don't have to be the hero or nothing. I just have to be part of the team.

Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years.

My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games.

I have always been a night person. When the sun goes down, my spirits rise. I'm more alert, quicker, more in tune with the rhythms of the world.

Some call me director, producer, filmmaker. I prefer to call myself pube-king.

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.

A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.

Nearly everyone will lie to you, given the right circumstances.