There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough.

Every successful piece of nonfiction should leave the reader with one provocative thought that he or she didn't have before. Not two thoughts, or five - just one. So decide what single point you want to leave in the reader's mind.

Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.

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

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

There are all kinds of writers and all kinds of methods, and any method that helps you to say what you want to say is the right method for you.

The sound of the bat is the music of spring training.