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"There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God."

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"Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon."

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"Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity."

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"Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading."

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"Writing is thinking on paper."

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"Writing is a craft not an art."

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