Best Written Word Sayings

97 Written Word quotes by 90 unique authors

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film. — Terri Windling
Even if the script's well written there's something about the life of an improvisation that resonates better than a written word, sometimes. — John Travolta
So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to… — Kurt Loder
I think the written word is my first love. I was just a very imagination - centered child and a big part of that imaginary… — Zoe Kazan
All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its… — Leonardo da Vinci
I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all. — Oriana Fallaci
I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally. — Alicia Keys
I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word. — Mike Mills
When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take the… — Jason Reitman
The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words… — Saoirse Ronan
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. — John Steinbeck
Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising… — Adora Svitak
I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the… — Ashwin Sanghi
My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is,… — Joseph Conrad
The written word, obviously, is very inward, and when we're reading, we're thinking. It's a sort of spiritual, meditative activity. When we're looking at visual… — Joyce Carol Oates
A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of… — Henry David Thoreau
My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel —… — Joseph Conrad
Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors… — Douglas Adams
They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow… — Terry Pratchett
How fast the ears learned to tell what sounds meant, much faster than it took the eyes to decipher written words. — Cornelia Funke
The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking up a book… — Annie Dillard
Nobody these days holds the written word in such high esteem as police states do. — Italo Calvino
The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus — Cornelia Funke
My wife loves written words ... you know, words that stick to parchment and paper like dead flies, and it seems my father felt the… — Cornelia Funke
But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This… — Lawrence Hill

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