When I was in college, an English professor shared this statement commonly attributed to Mark Twain, "I have made this longer than usual because I have not had

When I was in college, an English professor shared this statement commonly attributed to Mark Twain, "I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter." It was actually Blaise Pascal who said it. But the point is, that clear writing means removing lots of fluff.