Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and will shed the skin of the writer you imitated.

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

Never forget that you are practicing a craft with certain principles.

I try to make what I have written tighter, stronger and more precise, eliminating every element that's not doing useful work. Then I go over it once more, reading it aloud, and am always amazed at how much clutter can still be cut.

The writers job is like solving a puzzle, and finally arriving at a solution is a tremendous satisfaction.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be tired. Be confused. Be depressed. Be annoyed. Don’t hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident.