Quotes About Conciseness

There is a real skill to hearing all those words that real people—and your characters—say and to recording what you have heard—and the latter is or should be more interesting and concise and even more true than what was actually said.

People tended to be very spendthrift with their language, Kate had noticed. They used a lot more words than they needed to. She

People tended to be very spendthrift with their language, Kate had noticed. They used a lot more words than they needed to.

You should make sure that the quotable lines of dialogue in your book never exceed a hundred and forty characters!" seemed

Commoners always use too many words when they speak.

some say Twitter seems trite and lacks weightiness - but in actuality, it lends itself to poetry - it can be very compressed and intense...

This hitteth the nail on the head.

I write small poems— the kind that fit on a postcard… and still can break your heart

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.

Basitlik, bariz olan? ç?kar?p anlaml? olan? ekleme iÅŸidir.

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.

The most common communication mistakes? Relating too much information, with not enough time devoted to connecting the dots.

I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

If you can't take something down in 10 bullets, you probably shouldn't even own a gun.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

Not, is it simple, but, is it clear.

The story can be told without many words.

But I hasten to finish my story. Brevity is justified at once to those who readily understand, and to those who will never understand.

Brevity is justified at once to those who readily understand, and to those who will never understand.

The shortest answer is doing.

Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?