Decide what you want to do. Then decide to do it. Then do it.

Be yourself and your readers will follow you anywhere. Try to commit an act of writing and they will jump overboard to get away.

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

Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly-about any subject at all.

I try to make what I have written tighter, stronger and more precise, eliminating every element that's not doing useful work. Then I go over it once more, reading it aloud, and am always amazed at how much clutter can still be cut.

A simple [writing] style is the result of very hard work.

Be wary of security as a goal. It may often look like life's best prize. Usually it's not.