Writing is linear and sequential; Sentence B must follow Sentence A, and Sentence C must follow Sentence B, and eventually you get to Sentence Z. The hard part of writing isn't the writing; it's the thinking. You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: What does the reader need to know next?

Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost.

Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.

A writer is obviously at his most natural and relaxed when he writes in the first person. Writing is a personal transaction between two people, conducted on paper, and the transaction will go well to the extent that it retains its humanity.

Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.

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

No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood; people who write obscurely are either unskilled in writing or up to mischief