Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these? — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
My words have always either attracted a strong mind or offended a weak one. — Sherlyn Chopra Copy Share Image
Every word written is a net to catch the word that has escaped. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I think we are in the process of getting the word out, and we haven't done very well yet. But we are… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
I was born into a profession in which my love of words, chosen with care for their meaning and nuance, was extremely… — Francesco Quinn Copy Share Image
Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language. — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
When words r nt enough 2 express Ur Feelings Dont think that U are in Love. It means dat U need 2… — Loi Lori Copy Share Image
What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“...the air a library and the record of every life lived, every sentence spoken, every word transmitted still reverberating within it.” — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between… — John Green Copy Share Image
“We have a bad habit of seeing books as sort of cheaply made movies where the words do nothing but create visual… — John Green Copy Share Image
One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I started my professional life as a philosopher of language and for several years took the orthodox line that meaning is an… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
I don't think poetry will die, but I think that poetry does demand a certain kind of attention to language. It does… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“85 percent of the 30,000 Anglo-Saxon words died out under the influence of the Danes and Normans. That means that only about… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I started to write a series of fantasy novels when I was eleven. I have never taken anything artistic as seriously; since… — Ken Baumann Copy Share Image
“How is it that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Scholarship hath no fury like that of a language purist faced with sludge. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“For me the words should be like a pane of glass that you look through, not at.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Amazed at the onslaught of words heard, explanations were given, causes and consequences all told.” — Susan Bernhardt Copy Share Image
Word by word, the language of women so often begins with a whisper. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Think of prototypes as a funny markup language--the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is the best writing ever. It's incredibly rich, dense, expressive language. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
If something is too perfect, it doesn't speak your language. If it's imperfect, I understand it. — Rosalia Copy Share Image
I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature. — Jean-Jacques Annaud Copy Share Image
