“The written word Should be clean as bone, Clear as light, Firm as stone. Two words are not As good as one.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“When you come to rely on the written word, it's time to light the fire with it.” — K.J. Parker Copy Share Image
I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all. — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
“As long as people believe in the written word and a good story.. They will believe in me.” — Solange nicole Copy Share Image
I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue… — Terence Fisher Copy Share Image
A written word gets preserved in so many forms. But movies which comprise of both audio and visuals have to be done… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
“You won’t forget that,” Claire assured her. “I like things written down,” Tabitha mumbled. “Then you’ve got them for good.” — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed… — Kingman Brewster, Jr Copy Share Image
Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to the three least-appreciated and hardest-working proselytizers of the written word: independent bookstores, librarians, and teachers. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
Behind every door in London there are stories, behind every one ghosts. The greatest writers in the history of the written word… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Human beings do not relate to written words in the same way that they will relate to spoken words. They do not… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, & it smells good. Writing is… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
There's been resistance to every new technology that's ever been introduced. When books came out hundreds of years ago, there were complaints… — Jeremy Stoppelman Copy Share Image
I'm a brown girl from a Punjabi pind raised in Toronto. I don't expect literary critics and purists to understand the nuances… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“I do not write because I am good at it. And I do not bleed ink from my pen seeking honor from… — Tonny K. Brown Copy Share Image
So-called real life has only once interfered with me, and it had been a far cry from what the words, lines, books… — Cees Nooteboom Copy Share Image
I don't belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the… — Sting Copy Share Image
Let us think of a Christian believer in whose life the twin wonders of repentance and the new birth have been wrought.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“To engage the written word means to follow a line of thought, which requires considerable powers of classifying, inference-making and reasoning. It… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“The written word is an attempt at completeness when there is no one impatiently awaiting you in a dimly lit bedroom--awaiting your… — Morrissey Copy Share Image
“Words are the oldest information storage and retrieval system ever devised. Words are probably older than the cave paintings in France, words… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs.… — Ha Jin Copy Share Image
