I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward…

“If colons and semicolons give themselves airs and graces, at least they also confer airs and graces that the language would be lost without.”

— Lynne Truss

It should come as no surprise that writers take an interest in punctuation. I have been told that the dying words of one famous…

— Lynne Truss

“Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites, representing nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Let me note that Kilgore Trout and I have never used semicolons. They don't do anything, don't suggest anything. They are transvestite hermaphrodites.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

I realize that some of you may have come in hopes of hearing tips on how to become a professional writer. I say to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“How come you never use semicolons?” she’ll say. Or: “How come you chop it all up into little sections instead of letting it flow…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I use a whole lot of half-assed semicolons; there was one of them just now; that was a semicolon after 'semicolons,' and another one…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under…

— Lynne Truss

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Semicolons . . . signal, rather than shout, a relationship. . . . A semicolon is a compliment from the writer to the reader.…

— George Will

“The one critisism the author of Slaugherhouse-Five would make of the young writer was what he called a punctuation problem. Mr. Vonnegut didn't like…

— John Irving

Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses.

— George Eliot

Maximum sentence length: seventeen words. Minimum:one No semicolons. Semicolons indicate relationships that only idiots need defined by punctuation. Besides, they are ugly. Make sure…

— Richard Hugo

I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well. And I…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is…

— Kurt Vonnegut