“Short words are best, and old words when short are best of all.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: writing picture books is an art - the art of word choice. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
“...but she's my tangent girl and I'll follow her if this is where she wants to go.” — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
“You can use the power of words to bury meaning or to excavate it.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Knowing before ever seeing it that her ass was like a stationary drop of water on a flower stem” — Brian McGreevy Copy Share Image
Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention. — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
“Offstage, I couldn't put things into words, and that was the one thing I'd always been able to rely on. Putting my… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“Whether the vessel is a legal document or a rap song, language is often chosen ot exclude. To use a scholarly phrase,… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear -… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Just one simple word choice directed at me can throw me into a bad mood and make me believe there’s tension between… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Human beings are natural mimickers. The more youre conscious of the other sides posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
I'm still learning so much with every play I write. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts. I think… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization,… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
Come to think of it, that word (choice) shouldn't be applied to people's destinies. Ever. Choice should be relegated to TV and… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“The air was soft, as it often was in this lovely month, and Eddie inhaled its sweetness. He found himself uplifted as… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Language itself is so value-laden as to render value-neutrality almost impossible. Growing up in England I was introduced to the American Revolution… — Arthur F. Holmes Copy Share Image
I'm not going to lose you, Kaylee. No matter what I have to do, or whom I have to fight. Even if… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“Grace commanded the second pew, her whole family jammed together, the six of them sour yet insistent, like the richest people flying… — David Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Well,' said Can o' Beans, a bit hesitantly,' imprecise speech is one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings.'… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Opportunity is another word for moving on. And it is a word choice, which is often the wiser. If the well gets… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
“Peter’s privatemost circuitry a sudden and confusing crossfiring at how arousing and simultaneously dick-shriveling this apparition was.” — Brian McGreevy Copy Share Image
A girl can dream." His eyebrows rose. "Is that what you dream about? Being a monster?" "Not exactly," I said, frowning at… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.' — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
Seth laughed when he saw me. “Hey,” I said, poking him with my foot, “be nice.” “I think this is the first… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
