Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.
Never let anything go out into the world that you don't understand.
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 clear sentence is no accident.
Fighting clutter is like fighting weeds-the writer is always slightly behind.
Journalism is writing that first appears in any periodic journal.