Always Quote by Bob Ehrlich

When I was writing, I genuinely believed each word was my own.

— Kaavya Viswanathan

A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.

— Amin Maalouf

It was strange how words meant something when they came out of your mouth. Inside your head they were safe and silent, but once…

— Jenny Downham

I've always made people eat their words.

— Jordan Poole

I marshalled the words and opened my mouth, thinking I would hear them. But all I heard was a kind of rattle, unintelligible even…

— Samuel Beckett

I found when I was really little that my instinct was to write before talking to other people about the way that I felt.

— Gracie Abrams

I was fascinated by the shape of words even before I knew what they meant.

— Susie Dent

I was once told by someone wise that writing is perilous as you cannot always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit…

— Jojo Moyes

That's what I've figured out over the years - the way I write makes people feel uncomfortable.

— Lou Barlow

You know that something is really well written when you have to think so little about the words that are coming out of your…

— Tom Weston-Jones

I have always, always loved words.

— Leandra Medine

I always loved messing around with words.

— Shaun Ryder