Jim Michaels On Editing

“Shorter was always better; he could cut 15%, he said, from any piece, and was rumoured to be able to get the Lord’s Prayer down to six choice words.” – Jim Michaels’ (former Forbes editor) obituary in The Economist, October 13th-19th 2007.

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