William Zinsser Quotes
Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
William Zinsser
Quotes to Explore
-
My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
Ian McShane
-
There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.
Beck
-
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.
Padgett Powell
-
When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it.
E. L. Doctorow
-
I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
Vince Gill
-
I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
Vikram Rohit Shetty
-
There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject’s sake, and those who write for writing’s sake. The first kind have had thoughts or experiences which seem to them worth communicating, while the second kind need money and consequently write for money.
Arthur Schopenhauer
-
Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're contemporary, because people walking around who lived through this, even a little bit, they carry it inside. The contemporary isn't just what you can see now.
Per Petterson
-
I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
Barbara Palvin
-
All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.
Mickey Gilley
-
My father was a man's man and was always respected for being a straight shooter. My dad always had an amazing sense of calm about him.
Bret Hart
-
Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
William Zinsser