“Say only what you mean.”
“Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean. ”
“say what you mean and mean what you say”
“there are many kinds of sincerity and insincerity. When you say 'thank you' for the salt, do you mean what you say ? No. When you say 'the world is round,' do you mean what you say ? No. It is true, but you don't mean it”
“I don't know what you mean when you say 'the whole world' or 'generations before him.'I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.”
“Say what you think; think what you mean.”