Words Quotes

12991 Words quotes by 5885 unique authors

I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. — William Hazlitt
Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors embody… — Ursula K. Le Guin
If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently… — John Bertram Phillips
A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue. — Sol Stein
Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light up and know… — Gladys Taber
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity. — Evelyn Waugh
There's still a strange moment with every book when I move from the position of writer to the position of reader and I suddenly see… — Eudora Welty
One writes to find words' meanings. — Joy Williams
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon. — William Zinsser
Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care. — Norman Cousins
When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood carver's gouge, a surgeon's probe.… — Annie Dillard
So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in their… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest possible mint of style is to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Don't write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn't be changed. — Richard Hugo
Good writers are visible just behind their words. — William Zinsser
I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words… — Maurice Sendak
I have the words already. What I am seeking is the perfect order of words in the sentence. You can see for yourself how many… — James Joyce
It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by sentence - no first draft. I can't… — Dorothy Parker
The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too. — Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
The words Socialism and Communism have the same meaning. They indicate a condition of society in which the wealth of the community: the land and… — Sylvia Pankhurst
Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the… — Ralph Gibson
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in… — Unknown Author
A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. — Beryl Markham
His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are… — Richard Gere
Photography is a language more universal than words. — Minor White

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