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“ ”Mind in language are inseparable. If we violate our language we violate ourselves.
About William Zinsser
William Knowlton Zinsser (born October 7, 1922 – May 12, 2015 ) was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic, and editorial writer, and has been a longtime contributor to leading magazines.
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Additional quotes by William Zinsser
Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience — every reader is a different person.
Shut up, he explained,
I almost always urge people to write in the first person. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.