Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.
Keep it simple.
When I got somethin' to say, I'll say it.
In laboring to be concise, I become obscure. [Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.]
Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.
Simplicity!
Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.
I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.
Rather to excite your judgment briefly than to inform it tediously.
Never use five words if you can get away with one, eh? I've known dead men talk more than you do.
Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.
I'm a man of few words.
I will be sof brief, I have already finished.
Twitter is basically text messaging. Twitter is a guy you can always elbow in the side and say, "Hey, look, a guy in a clown suit just threw up!" And I don't have 400-800 words to say about that, I just wanted to say that one thing.
I have a small vocabulary, which I move around fast.
Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.
The way to become boring is to say everything.
Eragon. Is that all you say? Yes.
Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.
I don't think I'm going to ever be the guy that gives soundbite after soundbite. If somebody has a question, I'll answer it. But if they don't, I don't have anything to say, really.
As cliche as that sounds, Maya Angelou is one of the best writers I've ever read. She's very wise and to the point.
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
The shortest answer is doing the thing.
My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book of essays appeared: it was compared to Muhammad Ali's style.
