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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
William Zinsser
Born: October 7, 1922
Died: May 12, 2015 (aged 92)
Bio: William Knowlton Zinsser was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic and editorial writer.
Known for:
- On Writing Well (1976)
- The Writer Who Stayed (2012)
- Writing to Learn (1988)
- Inventing the Truth (1987)
- Writing with a word processor (1983)
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