I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good…

“Music is exciting and easy to enjoy, the rhythm and voice. It does not need interpretation. That is why it is called the Universal…

— Ellen J. Barrier

I love good flowing football where the whole team is engaged.

— Alexandre Lacazette

I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of…

— Nas

Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise,…

— Virginia Woolf

Every time I write a song, it's different. I'm all about the rhythm of the words and the melody. Musically, you gotta have a…

— Dan Bern

I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the…

— Mel Brooks

I pay a lot of attention to whitespace. I pay a lot of attention to the rhythm of words together.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm…

— Ken Hensley

“The rhythm of my words is the truest measure of my personal reflection. To the most over educated eye, my approach will look like…

— Eri Nelson

Writing is so much about rhythm. If you've got another rhythm in the room, it spoils the rhythm of the words.

— Viv Albertine

It's definitely about the rhythm of the words and how they sound together, writing one sentence and then another and another and cutting something…

— Mary J. Miller

Use the right word, not its second cousin.

— Mark Twain

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightening and a lightening bug. Mark Twain”

— Nancy Oswald

I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare…

— Harriet Doerr

Fill your pages with details. Work hard to get the right word.

— Robert Littell