You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is almost obsessive. The English language is rich in strong and supple words. Take the time to root around and find the ones you want

Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence.

People and places are the twin pillars on which most nonfiction is built. Every human event happens somewhere, and the reader wants to know what that somewhere was like.

People read with their ears, whether they know it or not.

The best way to learn to write is to study the work of the men and women who are doing the kind of writing you want to do.

The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.

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.