But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. - William Zinsser

The writers job is like solving a puzzle, and finally arriving at a solution is a tremendous satisfaction.

Pure nonsense is a joy forever, as Keats didn't quite say. I love to see a writer flying high, just for the hell of it.

Writing, however, isn’t a special language that belongs to English teachers and a few other sensitive souls who have a “gift for words.” Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly — about any subject at all.