+ My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Brevity, Compassion, Connection, Ease, Efficiency, Transparency, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Editors are licensed to be curious. Feraz Zeid, September 10, 2023December 24, 2023, William Zinsser, Curious, Editors, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Accessibility, Communication, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Empathy, precision, Writing, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Style, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Rewriting is the essence of writing well – where the game is won or lost. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Improvement, Rewriting, Writing, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Dare to tell the smallest of stories if you want to generate large emotions. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Emotional, Storytelling, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ People read with their ears, whether they know it or not. Feraz Zeid, August 22, 2023December 12, 2023, William Zinsser, Ears, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Never let anything go out into the world that you don’t understand. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Communication, Responsibility, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA