What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.

Good writers are visible just behind their words.

Few people realize how badly they write. Nobody has shown them how much excess or murkiness has crept into their style.

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

There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

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