140 character Quote by Erik Qualman

We're caught in the pace of modern living - this emphasis on the "quick take," on the magazine that says it will take you…

— Frances Clarke Sayers

We're living in a time when the sheer amount of language has exponentially increased. As writers, if we wish to be contemporary, I think…

— Kenneth Goldsmith

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written.…

— Jessica Lange

Language changes very fast.

— John Maynard Smith

It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.

— M. H. Abrams

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud…

— Gilbert Highet

“Literature shrivels in a universal language, and an uprooted language rots before it dies. And it should be possible to lift the eyes above…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.

— Cary Fukunaga

One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish's 'Monster Blood Tattoo,' in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are reading that…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

“There is nothing intrinsic in the English language that made it attain such prominence. It is far from easy to learn. (A recent study…

— Minae Mizumura

I got introduced to Shakespeare at four years old, and I fell in love with the language.

— John David Washington

Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of a human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more…

— John Steinbeck