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

Journalism is writing that first appears in any periodic journal.

You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?

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

One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my grandmother. Or my grandfather. As every parent knows, our children are not as fascinated by our fascinating lives as we are.

Nobody told all the new e-mail writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they are writing with ease and enjoyment doesn't mean they are writing well.

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.