"Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity."

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Source : "Writing to Clients and Referring Professionals about Psychological Assessment". Book by J. B. Allyn (p. 164), 2012.

William Zinsser

#Writing Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.”
“Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.”

Source : "The Natural History of Nonsense". Book by Bergen Evans, 1946.
“There are mics inside the instrument, a contact mic on my throat, and countless mics clustered around the air of the horn and throughout the room. I wanted to make something that was specific to the medium of recording.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.”

Source : Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.114, Rowman & Littlefield
“I think the involvement of the state is the reason why I don't want to have a formalized wedding, and what I've seen makes me very aware of issues that people will go through prior to, during, and at the end of a marriage.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Every company, of course, teaches you so much humanly and professionally [about] yourself and your creative process.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Soccer was invented by man but perfected by women.”
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.”

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