Don Winslow Quotes

Sometimes, I get so annoyed when other people brag. And sometimes, I know that I'm better than that or I've got something better in the works; I don't say anything. I just say, 'Really? That's great.'

The more you know the less you need to say.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

To say more, is to say less.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Never say more than is necessary.

If you have to go back and spell-check the text you're about to send, you're saying too much.

A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

The point of good writing is knowing when to stop.

Always listen for what you can leave out.

When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.

The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

To not say all that can be said is the secret of discipline and economy.

If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.

Anything that can be put in a nut shell should remain there.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don't like to have someone around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates them. Your not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.

I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.