Adverbs Quote by Elmore Leonard Download Open image “Using adverbs is a mortal sin.” — Elmore Leonard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adverbs Death Mortal sin Mortals Sin Writing
“Sin may appear good. But by God's commandment sin might become utterly sinful.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“There’s something happening here, I know it. It’s right in front of my face, but I just can’t see it.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's all right, it's still… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“He saw Harvey and Edgar catch each other's eye as he looked off toward the strains of "Alley Cat," Jesus, hoping they'd rush it… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“A wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. It's in the bible.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every long word… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are overacting, emoting like silent film stars. Still, an… — Howard Mittelmark Copy Share Image
I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to;… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I am dead to adverbs; they cannot excite me. To misplace an adverb is a thing which I am able to do with frozen… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I think the best way to put it is that newspictures are the noun and the verb; our kind of photography is the adjective… — Roy Stryker Copy Share Image
The question that arises as we use all these adjectives and adverbs to describe our physicians as we approach a Supreme Court nominee is… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
Adverbs is a book about love, and I thought that was pretty cheerful, but people who are reading it now are telling me that… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“There was a noise above us like an airplane zoom, but it was getting too dark to see. People started laying on the horn,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
