“It was a short one-paragraph item in the morning edition.”
“Even the greatest stories can be summed up in a few paragraphs. What makes them so much longer, is all the time spent editing.”
“1. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.”
“Grace headed in desperation for the coffeemaker. Apparently it was going to be one of those mornings. Funny how often those happened after a short night's sleep.”
“Life is too short to read books whose cleverness makes them impenetrable. A good book should keep you awake at night, flickering through pages as you promise yourself just one more chapter; they shouldn't put you to sleep as you tackle a paragraph for the fifth time.”
“A line, a short line, stumbles off into the morning. Thirty two men.”