Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.


Chapter 3, Clutter, p. 13 - On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976)

William Zinsser Quotes

Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.

Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.

Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.

Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.