All things Quote by Brian P. Cleary

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look…

— Don DeLillo

In writing, punctuation plays the role of body language. It helps readers hear you the way you want to be heard.

— Russell Baker

I write in the most distressingly slow way in terms of punctuation and grammar.

— Maurice Saatchi

No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.

— Andy Rooney

I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns and capricious whimsy of verbs, the strutting pageantry of…

— Dennis Miller

And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss.…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had…

— Tom Wolfe

“Punctuation is the pragmatics of written language.”

— M.B. Parkes

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.

— George D. Prentice

The rules of grammar exist in large part to permit readers and writers to operate from a shared set of expectations.

— Michael Crichton

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.

— Anonymous

I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I…

— E. L. Doctorow