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

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

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  1. Writing is such a lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up. – William Zinsser
  2. I’m often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task–the day’s work–and not with some enjoyment. – William Zinsser
  3. But on the question of who you’re writing for, don’t be eager to please. – William Zinsser
  4. One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material. – William Zinsser
  5. What if you spent some alone time every morning? Call it prayer. Call it planning. Call it centering. I call it a powerful way to begin the day. – Steve Goodier
  6. Being smart takes patience. Being wise takes pain. Being apathetic takes practice. Being in love takes everything…away. – Dave Matthes
  7. Vulnerability has a strength of its own. – William Zinsser
  8. Write like you speak with the ‘rhythms of human speech,’ as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water. – Sandra E Lamb
  9. The writer, his eye on the finish line, never gave enough thought to how to run the race. – William Zinsser
  10. Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves. – William Zinsser
  11. Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves. – William Zinsser
  12. Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity. – William Zinsser
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Editors are licensed to be curious. – William Zinsser
  17. I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied! – John Masefield
  18. Call it sentimentality. Call it curiosity. Just don’t call it madness. – Megan Shepherd
  19. In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior; in America, being an artist is an excuse for a form of behavior. – William Faulkner
  20. In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior; in America, it’s an excuse for a form of behavior. – William Faulkner
  21. Treasure friendship in whatever form it takes. – Dawn Camp
  22. All discrimination – whatever form it takes – is evil and that the world can go to pieces because of it. – Janny BrandesBrilleslijper
  23. I love and enjoy writing.Writing is a form of daily communication.It a communication to higher divine power. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  24. Writing and prayer are both a form of love, and love takes courage. – Pat Schneider
  25. Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn’t to be judged. Repeat the above each day. – Brittany Burgunder
  26. The moment passed -” but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. -“ But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes. – Mother Teresa
  27. Fight for whatever is yours even though it means you’ll suffer, if you really want it, you’ll do whatever it takes to be yours again. – Demi Jane Tumulak
  28. Glendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep.Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;But will they come, when you do call for them? – William Shakespeare
  29. The art of writing involves making as many cups of tea as you can in the time available for writing. Then adding extra time for writing… – Alan Dapre
  30. You’re never as good a writer as you think you are, and you’re never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing. – Don Roff
  31. Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing… the rest will follow. – Jane Yolen
  32. A writer never takes a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing – Eugne Ionesco
  33. Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  34. Building trust takes long- years, sometimes decades. It takes a second, a word, or a misstep to lose it. Regaining trust takes even longer. – Assegid Habtewold
  35. It takes courage to live. It takes even more courage to wonder. But it takes the greatest courage of all to believe. – Katlyn Charlesworth
  36. And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it’s like when he takes up gambling or whisky or women. He aint going to have time to quit. – William Faulkner
  37. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but worship is the greatest form of adoration. – Jayce ONeal
  38. When people believe that the form is more important than the Truth, they will not find truth, but will stay with form. – Idries Shah
  39. First we form habits, then they form us. – Mark Matteson
  40. If you have to choose between something that has form and something that doesn’t, go for the one without form. That’s my rule. – Haruki Murakami

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