William Zinsser Work Quotations

A writer is always working.

What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.

Writing is hard work.

A simple [writing] style is the result of very hard work.

Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do