Writing is no respecter of blueprints.

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.

I know!" he growls back, his voice guttural. I wonder if all of his fire kind have eyes like his. Eyes that burn and smolder.

As long as you leave to others the responsibility to make you happy, you will always be miserable, because that is actually your job

The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.

Design cannot rescue failed content.

If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.

The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.

With those kinds of statistics, there are real concerns that cannot be explained away other than race. How long do we turn a blind eye to it?.

Increase your faith. Proclaim your faith. Let your faith show.

The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.

The natural law is the origin and principle of all virtues and their acts, therefore we must first speak about natural law.