I write in the most distressingly slow way in terms of punctuation and grammar. — Maurice Saatchi Copy Share Image
Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Punctuation is a deeply conservative club. It hardly ever admits a new member. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
A semi-colon is used when a sentence could have been ended; But it wasn't. — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
Parenthesis-proud, bracket-bold, happiest with hyphens, The writers stagger intoxicated by terms, adjective-unsteadied — Anthony Brode Copy Share Image
The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Punctuation is to words as cartilage is to bone, permitting articulation and bearing stress.” — John Lennard Copy Share Image
“I'm a big believer in random capitalization. The rules of capitalization are so unfair to the words in the middle. (32)” — John Green Copy Share Image
I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe…and probably a period. I’m a huge fan of punctuation. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Doctors and nurses seemed to have been born and raised in the hospital, with only short punctuations of absenteeism for such things… — Marjorie Kellogg Copy Share Image
smoking had come to be an important punctuation mark in the long sentence of a day on the road. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses. — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
What would it be like to live in a library of melted books. With sentences streaming over the floor and all the… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Everyone suffers; life is pain; and death is the final punctuation at the end of that sentence, so deal with it. I… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
You know, you'd hide behind a Public Enemy or Ice Cube, or Bruce Springsteen, or U2, because they spoke for you. But… — Ice T Copy Share Image
The key to a successful relationship isn’t just in the words, it’s in the choice of punctuation. When you’re in love with… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
And, now, come to this spot Where the spotlight is hot And you'll see in the spotlight A Juggling Jott Who can… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
“The one critisism the author of Slaugherhouse-Five would make of the young writer was what he called a punctuation problem. Mr. Vonnegut… — John Irving Copy Share Image
It should come as no surprise that writers take an interest in punctuation. I have been told that the dying words of… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a play I hear it like music. I use the same indications that a composer does for duration. There's… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I think for a minute. Watching my wife fade into the distance, I put a hand on my heart. "Dead." I wave… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in place as… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
Thurber was asked by a correspondent: "Why did you have a comma in the sentence, 'After dinner, the men went into the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
From the gardener's point of view, November can be the worst month to be faced: Nature is winding things down, the air… — H. Peter Loewer Copy Share Image
“If this satanic sprinkling of redundant apostrophes causes no little gasp of horror or quickening of the pulse, you should probably put… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital. — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
“...my war on commas. They are a pestilence. They must be stopped.” — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
