None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.

Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons ... Good writing means good revising.

The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.

The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place.

The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.

...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.

A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.