I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The magic words 'on the Internet,' if inserted into nearly any sentence, seem to protect it from normal critical scrutiny. — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
You can't really succeed with a novel anyway; they're too big. It's like city planning. You can't plan a perfect city because… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
We're in a world of truncated sentences, soundbites and Twitter... [Language] is being eroded -- it's changing. Our expressiveness and our ease… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Another reason I think the novel will survive is that the reader has to work in a novel. In a film, you… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Many of us were taught that no sentence should begin with "but." If that's what you learned, unlearn it - there's no… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
A man cannot utter two or three sentences without disclosing to intelligent ears precisely where he stands in life and thought, whether… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I value so many people who have to work full time, definitely single mothers. Their work is the hardest work. I applaud… — Molly Sims Copy Share Image
Things are going so well. We’re volleying words back and forth. Everything she says, I have something I can say back. We’re… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I can't compose or play music; I'm not that fortunate. But I can write and I can talk and sometimes when I'm… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The antique, almost primitive band he held between his fingers caught the sunlight, glinting silver. “I found this ring shortly after I… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Part of the down-to-earthness that made the pioneers succeed was expressed in a sentence: It takes pretty good [people] to get along… — George A. Smith Copy Share Image
New York became the first state to ban talking on hand-held cell phones while driving. First-time violators could receive a fine of… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
My best time to write is right after coffee and breakfast - four eggs because, full disclosure: I'm really a komodo dragon… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence. — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
In dialogue, make sure that your attributives do not awkwardly interrupt a spoken sentence. Place them where the breath would come naturally… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
That was how I was going to get things back to normal-by working. I never thought I would use the words “working”… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I write books and either people read them or they don't read them. The rise of Facebook or e-books doesn't change the… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
If I let my fingers wander idly over the keys of a typewriter it might happen that my screed made an intelligible… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
