Writing is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement of thought. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly---about any subject at all.

Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other.

Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.

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

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

Although the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt, Germany, we have long since made it our own, a twin pillar of democracy along with Mom's apple pie. In fact, now that Mom's apple pie comes frozen and baked by somebody who isn't Mom, the hot dog stands alone. What it symbolizes remains pure, even if what it contains does not.

Nobody becomes Tom Wolfe overnight, not even Tom Wolfe.