Being Quote by Alex Horne

“If the reader needs a dictionary to read your book then the dictionary may turn out to be a more interesting read.”

— Ken Scott

I'm a massive fan of the dictionary.

— Gemma Collins

The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around.

— Mary Norris

I once tried to read the dictionary. It didn't work.

— Emma Kenney

Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.

— Vivienne Westwood

“The dictionary’s very flaws made the exertions and enthusiasm of its compilers real to his imagination. The vast array of words—entry words, definitions, examples—was…

— Shion Miura

“If you look up a word in the dictionary, you find it defined by a string of other words, the meanings of which can…

— Louis Menand

When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.

— William Safire

Check any dictionary! It drives me out of my mind!

— Kelsey Grammer

I actually tried to learn the dictionary at one point. It didn't work; I only got through the first few pages.

— Labrinth

If you're going to abridge a book in the author's own words, you can't go sticking your own in.

— William Goldman

Most people, if they think at all about the dictionary, think of it as this fixed object given to us from on high. It…

— Kory Stamper