Chaste Quote by Edward Gibbon

The physical business of writing is unpleasant to me, but the psychic satisfaction of discharging bad ideas in worse English makes me forget it.

— H. L. Mencken

As we read a text in our own language, the text itself becomes a barrier.

— Alberto Manguel

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line often separates affirmation from negation, sense from nonsense, and…

— James Thurber

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just…

— James D. Nicoll

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

My use of language is part and parcel of my message.

— Theo Van Gogh

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to…

— Evelyn Waugh

I have learnt to appreciate the clarity of English language.

— Erich Fromm

I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence…

— Michael Cunningham

Texting has reduced the number of waste words, but it has also exposed a black hole of ignorance about traditional - what a cranky…

— Richard Corliss

I have never felt at ease in language. I did not grow up among books or among people who read them. I heard words…

— Gary Lutz

Sometimes people have a difficult time understanding my English.

— Julio Iglesias