William Zinsser Quotes

Writing is the handmaiden of leadership.

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Writers and learners will write better and learn more if they understand the "why" of what they are studying.

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My work has been the education I avoided.

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Writers are the custodians of memory...

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Not everybody has a talent for painting, or for the piano, or for dance. But we can write our way into the artist's head and into his problems and solutions. Or we can go there with another writer.

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It is possible that the artists are sane and the world they are painting is crazy.

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Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.

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Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously resist explaining why the material is so moving.

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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.

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