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Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite. -- Beverly Cleary
I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important. -- Chelsea Clinton
You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say? -- Toni Morrison
Any writer my age almost can't get away from being influenced by Kurt Vonnegut, partially because of his simple, clear way of stating things. To read Vonnegut is to learn how to use economy words. -- Chris Crutcher
The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. -- James Buchan
What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical. -- Mos Def
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The things one can express with the hand, with the head, with the shoulders!... How many useless and encumbering words then disappear! What economy! -- Robert Bresson
The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see. -- Richie Benaud
A good community insures itself by trust, by good faith and good will, by mutual help. A good community, in other words, is a good local economy. -- Wendell Berry

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