But nothing has replaced the writer. He or she is still stuck with the same old job of saying something that other people will want to read.

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

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

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process.

Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.

Never say anything in writing that you wouldn't comfortably say in conversation. Be yourself when you write. If you're not a person who says 'indeed' or 'moreover,' or who calls someone an individual ('he's a fine individual'), please don't write it.

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.