Gregory David Roberts Quotes

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.

To say more, is to say less.

Never say more than is necessary.

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.

The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

But the shortest works are always the best.

I believe most things can be said in a few lines.

I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Be brief. Above all things be brief.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

Less is almost always better than more. Short words, short sentences, short speeches.

Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas.

Generally, the more words you use to say something, the less power those words have.