Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules.

Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.

It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how you say it. The former is "content" and the latter is "style."

People think of education as something that they can finish.