I love the English language, playing with words, watching…

“Poetry is language playing with itself.”

— Harryette Mullen

I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other…

— Dikembe Mutombo

To me, playing with words is like playing with your food. You shouldn't do it.

— Michael Penn

“Poetry, playing with your words until you breathe life into them.”

— Morgan Dragonwillow

I made a lot of money and had a great time playing with the words that make up the news. I exploited the laziness…

— Ryan Holiday

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it…

— Margaret Haddix

“we that were wood when that wide wood was in a physical Universe playing with words bark be my limbs my hair be leaf…

— Susan Howe

I think the thing I really got from Ginsberg was that you can tell a story through kind of painting pictures with words. And…

— Lana Del Rey

I love playing with words and texture.

— Binyavanga Wainaina

A fraud is playing on his own words and aware of his own kind!

— Amy Pulumbarit

Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.

— Roy Blount, Jr

And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!

— David Almond

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

Playing with words is like combining different notes in music.

— Shankar Mahadevan

I talk by playing, not by words.

— Bernie Worrell