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William Zinsser  Quotes
I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.

—William Zinsser

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CharismaCuriosityDiscipleship
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My work has been the education I avoided.

—William Zinsser

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EducationVocationsWork
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Was the whole matter of aptitudes a myth – a copout used by people like me to avoid subjects that would force us to think inTherefore threatening ways?

—William Zinsser

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AptitudeExcuseTalent
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Writers are the custodians of memory…

—William Zinsser

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Inspirational
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Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves.

—William Zinsser

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LanguageWriting
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Editors are licensed to be curious.

—William Zinsser

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CuriosityWriting
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Not everybody has a talent for painting, or for the piano, or for dance. But we can write our way into the artist’s head and into his problems and solutions. Or we can go there...

—William Zinsser

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ArtCreativityInsight
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Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.

—William Zinsser

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BibleStorytellingTranslation
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It is possible that the artists are sane and the world they are painting is crazy.

—William Zinsser

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AngstArtDissonance
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Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher’s reach. Writing can only be learned when a writer coldly separates himself from what he has written...

—William Zinsser

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HumilityObjectivityOpenness
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Probably every subject is interesting if an avenue into it can be found that has humanity and that an ordinary person can follow.

—William Zinsser

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EducationLeadershipStorytelling
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If a philosophical writer cannot be followed, the difficulty of his subject can be placed only in mitigation of his offense, not in condonation of it. There are too many expert witnesses on the other...

—William Zinsser

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CommunicationPhilosophy
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No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood; people who write obscurely are either unskilled in writing or up to mischief

—William Zinsser

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CommunicationLeadershipWriting
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Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: “This is a how other people have written about this subject. Read it; study it; think...

—William Zinsser

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EducationMentoringModeling
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One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material.

—William Zinsser

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LeadershipNarrativeTeaching
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It’s no fun to think about infinity and no cinche to write about it. Again, it helps to look for some human link.

—William Zinsser

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EvangelismRapportTheology
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Writing is the handmaiden of leadership.

—William Zinsser

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LeadershipMotivationWriting
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The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds.

—William Zinsser

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Writing-Craft
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Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously resist explaining why the material is so moving.

—William Zinsser

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ManipulationMotivation
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Look for the clutter in your writing and prune it ruthlessly. Be grateful for everything you can throw away. Reexamine each sentence you put on paper. Is every word doing new work? Can any thought...

—William Zinsser

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William-ZinsserWritingWriting-Craft
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Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.

—William Zinsser

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ClarityMotivation
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What a pleasure it is to be in the company of a writer with enthusiasm for his subject! It doesn’t matter what the subject is; I want and ichthyologists to be as committed to fish...

—William Zinsser

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EnthusiasmPassionZeal
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Writers and learners will write better and learn more if they understand the “why” of what they are studying.

—William Zinsser

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