How Quote by Dove Cameron

When I was little, seven or eight years old, in third and fourth grade, I would always try to use long words and stuff.

— E-40

I remember as a kid liking long, funny words. And often being into things like that can be perceived as square. But actually, as…

— Konnie Huq

I've never been short of words. I think my mum will tell you that. I think I've known that since primary school.

— Edith Bowman

“When a child says, “Mr. Roberson, how do you spell this word? What does that word mean?” I’ll look tortured. “Oh,” I’ll exclaim, hand…

— Doug Robertson

I'm quite obsessed with words.

— Sigrid

There are a lot of words that I knew first as a reader, and I never put the pieces together in my brain. The…

— Zoe Kazan

Always, as a child, I would go around the house, and if I found a word that I didn't know the meaning of, I…

— Alexandra Adornetto

I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think,…

— Drew Barrymore

My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word.

— Miriam Margolyes

You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed…

— Daniel Handler

By the time I was 12, I had memorised hundreds of couplets. I could recite for hours poems written by others. I knew I…

— Javed Akhtar

My mother just wanted me to forget it. So, of course, every word was immediately, irrevocably branded into my brain.

— Suzanne Collins