My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit the subject. Develop one voice that readers will recognize when they hear it on the page, a voice that's enjoyable not only in its musical line but in its avoidance of sounds that would cheapen its tone: breeziness and condescension and clichés.

The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.

Fighting clutter is like fighting weeds-the writer is always slightly behind.

Even a poor translator couldn't kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.

You learn to write by writing.

I think a sentence is a fine thing to put a preposition at the end of.

The writer who cares about usage must always know the quick from the dead.