When I am a writer, I shall do parenthetical asides. And…

“You might say she feels in italics and thinks in capital letters!”

— Katharine Weber

Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.

— Eric Partridge

a few italics really do relieve your feelings.

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

Rilla was fond of italics, as most girls of fifteen are.

— Anonymous

“I adore italics, don't you?”

— Ronald Firbank

She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.

— Henry James

You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.

— Anonymous

“ "What?" The italics just flew out past the alcohol's guard.”

— Edgar Cantero

I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine for diaries.…

— Andrew Vachss

“When the Jews wanted to make something emphatic, instead of adding an exclamation point or using italics, they would simply repeat it.”

— R.C. Sproul

Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can't…

— Ann Beattie

“Fate's book, but my italics.”

— Don Paterson

“Italics are like a rash -- you never know whether to ignore them entirely or whether the more you attention you give the more…

— Zanesh Catkin

You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…

— Neil Gaiman

“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…

— Neil Gaiman