If you write for yourself, you'll reach all the people you want to write for.

Fighting clutter is like fighting weeds-the writer is always slightly behind.

Scholarship hath no fury like that of a language purist faced with sludge.

Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know-and what we don't know-about whatever we're trying to learn.

Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.

Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character. Golfing is more than keeping the left arm straight. Every good golfer is a complex engine that runs on ability, ego, determination, discipline, patience, confidence, and other qualities that are self-taught. So it is with writers and all creative artists. If their values are solid their work is likely to be solid.

Nobody ever stopped reading E. B. White or V. S. Pritchett because the writing was too good.