The Old Notion That Brevity

Notice, For Example, That People Who Talk About "the Joys Of Childhood" Are Always Adults. Only An Adult, Utterly Remote From The Reality Of Childhood, Could Suppose It Is Time Of Joys.

Live By Publicity, You'll Probably Die By Publicity.

The Best Thing About Being President Is That It Gets You Out Of American Life. I Don't Know What The Theory Is Behind This, But It Is A Fact. The First Thing We Do With A President Is Shunt Him Off To A Siding Where Nothing American Can Ever Happen To Him.

What The New Yorker Calls Home Would Seem Like A Couple Of Closets To Most Americans, Yet He Manages Not Only To Live There But Also To Grow Trees And Cockroaches Right On The Premises.

In Writing, Punctuation Plays The Role Of Body Language. It Helps Readers Hear You The Way You Want To Be Heard.