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Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

I try very hard to write in a very orderly and continual disciplined manner.

Writing is sometimes a balancing act between keeping things easily readable and being accurate.

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

One tends to write beyond what's needed.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised every day: The more you write, the easier it becomes.