Don't Expect Others To Do Your Work

Carter Is The Best President The Soviet Union Ever Had.

Adapt Your Style, If You Wish, To Admit The Color Of Slang Or Freshness Of Neologism, But Hang Tough On Clarity, Precision, Structure, Grace.

Writers Who Used To Show Off Their Erudition No Longer Sing In The Bare Ruined Choir Of The Media.

Never Feel Guilty About Reading, It's What You Do To Do Your Job.

On The Analogy Of 'dictionary Johnson,' We Call Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Of The Just-published Yale Book Of Quotations (well Worth The $50 Price), 'quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro Does Original Research, Earning His 1,067-page Volume A Place On The Quotation Shelf Next To Bartlett's And Oxford's.