Language Quote by Dr. Seuss

Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh…

— Dr. Seuss

The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you…

— Jonathan Dee

“Don't for once ever think that what you're doing is easy. If it feels that way, you're probably doing something wrong. Throwing words onto…

— Allison M. Dickson

“Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university.”

— Ken Scott

Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write a single…

— Sylvia Day

“There is an aversion to long chunks of sentences...The dire problem is that long chunks of sentences are still the best way humans have…

— Dick Meyer

“Write at a pace that doesn't surpass your creative flow. Don't be hasty; don't be sloppy. Don't forfeit impressive writing for an impressive word…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Decades ago, Rudolph Flesch discovered that readers were not just attracted to words, but to the breathing room between sentences and paragraphs. Long sentences…

— Harry Beckwith

I try and get it right the first time. I may rewrite a sentence four or five times, but I rarely go back and…

— Matt Ridley

I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well.

— Aidan Chambers

Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing or taking…

— Richard Ford

I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest.

— Nelson DeMille