If you want to "get in touch with your feelings," fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another thinking human being, get in touch with your thoughts. Put them in order, give them a purpose, use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce. The secret way to do this is to write it down, and then cut out the confusing parts.


On language (ed. 1981) - ISBN: 9780380564576

William Safire Quotes

If you want to get in touch with your feelings, fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another thinking human being,...

If you want to get in touch with your feelings, fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another thinking human being,...

If you want to get in touch with your feelings, fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another thinking human being,...

If you want to get in touch with your feelings, fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another thinking human being,...