Exclamation Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.

— Mark Twain

Keep your exclamation points under control!

— Henry Miller

“humorous writing, the exclamation mark is the equivalent of canned laughter (F. Scott Fitzgerald – that well-known knockabout gag-man – said it was like…

— Lynne Truss

So far as good writing goes, the use of the exclamation mark is a sign of failure. It is the literary equivalent of a…

— Miles Kington

I love putting the exclamation point on a game.

— Morten Andersen

Use lots of exclamation points. They love to be overused.

— Sark

People complain about my exclamation points, but I honestly think that's the way people think. I don't think people think in essays; it's one…

— Tom Wolfe

Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought! It is…

— Lewis Thomas

“If you've spent any time trolling the blogosphere, you've probably noticed a peculiar literary trend: the pervasive habit of writers inexplicably placing exclamation points…

— Chuck Klosterman

“F. Scott Fitzgerald believed inserting exclamation points was the literary equivalent of an author laughing at his own jokes, but that's not the case…

— Chuck Klosterman

You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.

— Anonymous

A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec