William Zinsser Quote

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)


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.