Famous William Zinsser Quotes

  • Editors are licensed to be curious. – William Zinsser

    Editors are licensed to be curious.– William Zinsser

  • I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject. – William Zinsser

    I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.– William Zinsser

  • It’s no fun to think about infinity and no cinche to write about it. Again, it helps to look for some human link. – William Zinsser

    It’s no fun to think about infinity and no cinche to write about it. Again, it helps to look for some human link.– William Zinsser

  • Probably every subject is interesting if an avenue into it can be found that has humanity and that an ordinary person can follow. – William Zinsser

    Probably every subject is interesting if an avenue into it can be found that has humanity and that an ordinary person can follow.– William Zinsser

  • One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material. – William Zinsser

    One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material.– William Zinsser

  • But on the question of who you’re writing for, don’t be eager to please. – William Zinsser

    But on the question of who you’re writing for, don’t be eager to please.– William Zinsser

  • Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity. – William Zinsser

    Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.– William Zinsser

  • Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves. – William Zinsser

    Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves.– William Zinsser

  • Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves.– William Zinsser

  • Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it. – William Zinsser

    Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it.– William Zinsser