"Poets are interested mostly in death and commas." — Carolyn Kizer

More Commas Quotes

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• I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc. — John Clare
• I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and… — Louis Aragon
• I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching… — Unknown Author
• In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes,… — Fran Lebowitz
• The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in… — Lewis Thomas
• All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed. — Unknown Author
• I have been fighting over commas all my life. — Mark Helprin
• I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to… — Karl Kraus
• Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure -- put a period to -- those experiences that you don't want… — Iyanla Vanzant
• What makes a good editor is staying the hell out of the way as much as possible. ... If you're… — Mark Waid
• Read him slowly, dear girl, you must read Kipling slowly. Watch carefully where the commas fall so you can discover… — Michael Ondaatje
• I like commas. I detest semi-colons — I don’t think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation… — E L Doctorow

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