Writing Is Revision. All Prose Responds To

In The Early Days, Computers Inspired Widespread Awe And The Popular Press Dubbed Them Giant Brains. In Fact, The Computer's Power Resembled That Of A Bulldozer; It Did Not Harness Subtlety, Though Subtlety Went Into Its Design.

I Tell Beginning Readers To Read A Lot And Write A Lot. If You Want To Write A Book, Find A Subject That's Really Worth The Time And Effort You'll Put In.

Among A Coward's Weapons, Cynicism Is The Nastiest Of All

I Want My Prose To Be As Clear As A Pane Of Glass.

I Am Grateful To Stacy Schiff First Of All Because She Can Write A Sentence-because She Offers Us Her Scholarship With Wit, Clarity, And Grace. Once Again, She Has Done What Only The Best Writers Can Do: She Has Made The World New, Again.