Books Quote by Francine Prose

“A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an…

— Anonymous

“Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults books are.”

— Laura Kreitzer

The children of great authors do not, as a rule, become writers.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the…

— Delphine de Vigan

I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

— Hugh Gaitskell

I have known writers who paid no damned attention whatever to the rules of grammar and rhetoric and somehow made the language behave for…

— Red Smith

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have…

— Richard K. Morgan

“the rules of English grammar are largely an artificial construct with little or no bearing on the language as it is spoke.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

“Growing up with well-educated parents and an older sister with her Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature, I was left with little wiggle…

— Susan C. Young

I have to admit that I'm not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went to public…

— Trevor Paglen

The rules of grammar exist in large part to permit readers and writers to operate from a shared set of expectations.

— Michael Crichton