Authority Quote by Gaston Bachelard

“Every writer dreams of a perfect language. Every writer dreams of a language that obeys, that comes to heel. For some this language is…

— Helen Marshall

language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you.

— Ruth Ozeki

You and I who read and write books have very little effect upon language. We may think about it, write about it, and read…

— Charlton Laird

Reading or written language is a cultural invention that necessitated totally new connections among structures in the human brain underlying language, perception, cognition, and,…

— Maryanne Wolf

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise,

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Writing is emblematic art form, which means that the book will never be any greater than the writer’s ability to perceive, classify, and describe…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

When I write a book I write the best that I can and so much of that for me is following the book's demands,…

— Micheline Aharonian Marcom

“Written language may have been conceived as a modest way of describing reality, bit it gradually became a powerful way to reshape reality.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Reading books is a way for you to communicate with and learn from the best thinkers that are writing today and that have ever…

— Joshua Rogers

… the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element…

— Derek Walcott

The language of literature is the language of all the world. It is necessary to divest ourselves at once of the notion of diversified…

— George Edward Woodberry

“language – particularly the language writers use – cannot be set in stone. It is a living, organic, ever-changing thing.”

— John Sutherland